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Use a Bluetooth keyboard with VoiceOver on Apple TV 4K

You can control VoiceOver with a connected Bluetooth® keyboard.

Use VoiceOver keyboard commands

Enter VoiceOver commands by pressing and holding the Control and Option keys together, then pressing one or more other keys. The Control-Option key combination is known as the VoiceOver key, VO for short.

Note: By default, VoiceOver keyboard commands function as if you are in exploration mode. See Use VoiceOver in exploration mode.

Type any of the following keyboard commands:

  • Turn on VoiceOver Help: VO-K

  • Turn off VoiceOver Help: Escape

  • Switch between exploration and navigation mode: VO-E

  • Turn VoiceOver and native focus syncing on or off in exploration mode: VO-Shift-F3

  • Select the next or previous item: VO-Right Arrow or VO-Left Arrow

  • Double-tap to activate the selected item: VO-Space bar

  • Press the TV button: VO-H

  • Touch and hold the selected item: VO-Shift-M

  • Move to the status bar: VO-M

  • Read from the current position: VO-A

  • Read from the top: VO-B

  • Pause or resume reading: Control

  • Copy the last spoken text to the clipboard: VO-Shift-C

  • Search for text: VO-F

  • Mute or unmute VoiceOver: VO-S

  • Open the notifications screen: Fn-VO-Up Arrow

  • Open Control Center: Fn-VO-Down Arrow

  • Open the Item Chooser: VO-I

  • Change the label of the selected item: VO-/

  • Double-tap with two fingers: VO-“-”

  • Swipe up or down: VO-Up Arrow or VO-Down Arrow

  • Adjust the rotor: VO-Command-Left Arrow or VO-Command-Right Arrow

  • Adjust the setting specified by the rotor: VO-Command-Up Arrow or VO-Command-Down Arrow

  • Turn the screen curtain on or off: VO-Shift-S

  • Return to the previous screen: ESC (Escape)

  • Switch apps: Command-Tab or Command-Shift-Tab

Edit text using VoiceOver

Type the following commands to work with text (VoiceOver reads the text as you move the insertion point):

  • Go forward or back one character: Right Arrow or Left Arrow

  • Go forward or back one word: Option-Right Arrow or Option-Left Arrow

  • Go up or down one line: Up Arrow or Down Arrow

  • Go to the beginning or end of the line: Command-Left Arrow or Command-Down Arrow

  • Go to the beginning or end of the paragraph: Option-Up Arrow or Option-Down Arrow

  • Go to the previous or next paragraph: Option-Up Arrow or Option-Down Arrow

  • Go to the top or bottom of the text field: Command-Up Arrow or Command-Down Arrow

  • Select text as you move: Shift + any of the insertion point movement commands above

  • Select all text: Command-A

  • Copy, cut, or paste the selected text: Command-C, Command-X, or Command-V

  • Undo or redo last change: Command-Z or Shift-Command-Z

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