Mac Lesson 7: The Notification Center

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The Notification Center with VoiceOver

Use Notification Center to catch up on any notifications you missed and use widgets to view appointments, birthdays, the weather, top headlines, and more right from the desktop.

Note: VO represents the VoiceOver modifier.

To open and close the Notification Center Press VO + O.

Navigate notifications in Notification Center

Pending notifications are located at the top of Notification Center. When a notification is in the VoiceOver cursor, VoiceOver announces the available actions you can take, such as Snooze, Reply, Remind Me Tomorrow, or Close.

To open the Actions menu for a notification, press VO + Command + Space bar.

Navigate the list of actions by pressing VO + Down Arrow or VO + Up Arrow until you hear the action you want to take.

To select an action, press VO + Space bar.

Navigate widgets in Notification Center

To move between widgets in the widget grid, press VO + Shift + Down Arrow to interact with the widget grid, then navigate with the arrow keys.

To read a widget, press VO + Shift + Down Arrow to start interacting with the widget, then press VO and an arrow key to navigate the widget. When you’re done, press VO + Shift + Up Arrow to stop interacting with the widget.

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