

Therefore, you may wish to change the shortcut back to the Function key or other available key. Previously, the dictation shortcut involved pressing the Function key twice, and two rapid presses of the Control key as part of the VoiceOver modifier could potentially conflict with dictation.

While it's not something that we have been able to test, Apple appears to have added the ability to change the size of the menu bar in System Preferences > Accessibility. While the functionality remains the same, VoiceOver will no-longer announce when an item has custom actions available. If you'd rather VoiceOver didn't announce when custom actions are available, you can turn this off in VoiceOver Utility > Verbosity >Hints. In macOS Big Sur, VoiceOver will now announce that certain controls in apps and the OS have "Actions available." In apps ported from iOS and iPadOS, like the revamped Messages app, these actions are the same ones found in the Actions rotor on those platforms. Although the Actions menu, accessed by pressing VO-Command-Space, was introduced to macOS in 2013, it has not caught on like its mobile sibling, until now. In iOS and iPadOS, many custom actions for controls can be performed using the Actions rotor. Increased prominence of the VoiceOver Actions menu However, unlike iOS and iPadOS, Screen Recognition does not appear to be available in macOS Big Sur.
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As in iOS and iPadOS, images are now described in full sentences and aim to offer more helpful information. Similar to iOS and iPadOS, Apple has brought its improved image descriptions to macOS. This year, macOS Big Sur brings fewer changes and a handful of bug fixes. Last year there were some interesting–and potentially powerful–enhancements for blind and low vision users to VoiceOver and Zoom in macOS Catalina. If you are a braille user and have any experience with macOS Big Sur and braille, please do post your findings in the comments. We have no information as to how well braille works in this release, so please keep this in mind when upgrading. There’s no harm in holding off a few weeks or months to let Apple address a problem you may find too disruptive to deal with.Ī note to braille users: the AppleVis team members doing testing with Big Sur are not heavy braille users. Please remember to check the section about bugs to see if now is the right time to upgrade. For an overview of the mainstream changes, we recommend that you read this in-depth review by MacStories. As usual, we won’t cover the mainstream features here, concentrating instead on what's new and changed for blind and low vision users. Apple has today released macOS 11 Big Sur to the public.
