Use VoiceOver to browse web pages on Mac
There are several ways you can browse and navigate web pages.
Choose a default navigation mode, by Document Object Model (DOM) or by grouping related items. You can switch between modes to use the mode best suited for the current web page. See Use VoiceOver to navigate web pages by DOM or group mode
Use the VoiceOver rotor when viewing web pages to quickly jump to web items such as links, headings, web spots, tables and more. See Use the VoiceOver rotor
Use the web settings of the gestures rotor to navigate using gestures. See Use the VoiceOver gestures rotor
With Quick Nav, navigate web pages and apps using only arrow keys, or web pages using single keys. See Use VoiceOver Quick Nav in apps and web pages
Use auto web spots and web spots you create to quickly scan web pages. See Use VoiceOver to navigate web pages using web spots
Hear a summary of a table and its cells as you press the arrow keys to navigate the table. Interact with the table only if you hear something of interest. See Use VoiceOver to navigate web page tables
Note: VO represents the VoiceOver modifier. See Use the VoiceOver modifier.
To streamline navigation on some web pages, VoiceOver may automatically interact with a group. If you don’t want VoiceOver to automatically interact with a group, press VO-Shift-Right Arrow or Left Arrow. If Quick Nav is on, press Shift-Right Arrow or Left Arrow.
Some websites use keyboard commands for specific purposes, such as using an arrow key to jump to another item, which renders the commands unavailable for navigating text on the website. To set an option to always use keyboard commands to navigate text, open VoiceOver Utility (press VO-F8 when VoiceOver is on), click Web, then click Navigation.
Web developers can assign keyboard shortcuts, called “access keys”, to web page items such as links and buttons, to make them easier to interact with. VoiceOver can announce when it detects access keys, saying for example “Access key available: s” for a link; then you press Control-S to open the link. To set an option to hear access keys, open VoiceOver Utility (press VO-F8 when VoiceOver is on), click Verbosity, then click Hints.