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How to turn on accessibility features on MacOS
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Mac devices have a broad selection of accessibility features to take advantage of and they’re easy to find in the settings. Here’s how to turn on accessibility features on MacOS.
At WWDC, Apple announced new accessibility features forMacOS Sonoma. The new features include support for Made for iPhone hearing devices, Live Speech to type during calls and conversations, phonetic suggestions during Voice Control and the ability to pause animated images such as GIFs in Messages and Safari. You can also customise text size across Mac apps and use VoiceOver within Xcode.
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All those features will be available will MacOS 14 Sonoma is available to the general public, expected to be in September or October of this year. For now, here’s how to turn on the accessibility features available in MacOS Ventura right now.
What you’ll need:
The Short Version
Step1
Select the Apple icon
In the top left corner of your Mac, click the Apple icon to open a drop-down menu.
Step2
Click System Settings
Select System Settings from the drop-down menu.
Step3
Head to Accessibility
Now System Settings is open, click Accessibility on the left. You can now see all the accessibility features you can dive into and turn on or off.
Troubleshooting
You can access the Accessibility Shortcuts menu by clicking Option + Command + F5.
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