Mac supports vision, hearing, motor skills, learning, and literacy needs for everyone. Built‑in features help learners stay on task, hear descriptions of what’s on the screen, amplify what others are saying, and much more.
Open accessibility settings in System Preferences. Choose , System Settings, then click Accessibility in the sidebar.
Make the pointer bigger. Click Display on the right, then scroll down to find Pointer settings. Drag the Pointer size slider to increase the size of the pointer, then click Back ,.
Turn on screen zooming. Click Zoom, then turn on “Use scroll gesture with modifier keys to zoom.”
Zoom the screen. Hold down the Control key, then scroll up or down with two fingers on a trackpad or with one finger on a Magic Mouse.
Turn on some speech settings. Click Spoken Content, then turn on Speak selection. Click the Info button to choose a keyboard shortcut.
Hear selected text. Highlight a sentence in any document or webpage, then press Option‑Esc to have the text read to you. You can change the Option‑Esc key combination in Spoken Content settings.
Return to Spoken Content settings in the Accessibility panel. Use the controls to choose a different system voice and adjust the speaking rate.
Support emerging literacy skills. Use VoiceOver to have Mac show words on the VoiceOver cursor as they’re being read aloud.
Use Siri to quickly turn a variety of accessibility features on or off. Say something like “Hey Siri, turn VoiceOver on.”
Turn accessibility features on and off quickly with the Accessibility Options window. You can use this window to access common accessibility features like Zoom, VoiceOver, and Sticky Keys.
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