CMD + F5, will toggle voiceover off/on. This will neither fix muted speech or muted system volume.
- Brad - On Nov 16, 2025, at 08:18, 'Emma May' via MacVisionaries <[email protected]> wrote: Hi there should already bye one. It is command f 5 but also if your keyboard is like mine from the top line from the very right there is the on off and touch finger button, then volume up then volume down and then volume mute. Hope that helps love emma > On 16 Nov 2025, at 14:02, Paul Hopewell <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am running the latest Ventura on my 1997 iMac. I cannot see the screen and > so am totally reliant on VoiceOver. > Can I set up a keyboard shortcut to toggle speech on and off, like the 3 > finger double tap on IOS? > Ocasionally speech becomes muted by hitting the wrong keyboard keys and I > have to seek sighted help to get VO working again. > I recall setting up such a keyboard shortcut in the past but I seem to have > deleted it. > Many thanks … Paul Hopewell > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/69E082EC-5C4C-41C4-81C4-64AAE843ED47%40hopewell.org.uk. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/F18AC7E4-1BAD-4090-9CC9-A39F1B50C22A%40icloud.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/CDA015A3-DF0A-4E54-ACAB-62F1A756D526%40swbell.net.
