VoiceOver
E41441
VoiceOver is a built-in macOS screen reader that provides spoken and braille descriptions of on-screen elements to make the system accessible to users who are blind or visually impaired.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| VoiceOver canonical | 6 |
| VoiceOver screen reader | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T321742 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: VoiceOver Context triple: [macOS, supportsAccessibilityFeature, VoiceOver]
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A.
ChromeVox screen reader
ChromeVox screen reader is a built-in screen reading tool for ChromeOS that provides spoken feedback and keyboard navigation to make the system accessible to visually impaired users.
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B.
Versoix
Versoix is a Swiss municipality on the shores of Lake Geneva, known as a residential suburb of Geneva with lakeside promenades and a mix of urban and natural landscapes.
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C.
WAI
WAI (Web Accessibility Initiative) is a World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) program that develops guidelines, resources, and standards to make the web accessible to people with disabilities.
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D.
Audible
Audible is a leading audiobook and spoken-word entertainment platform that offers a vast library of audio content through digital downloads and streaming.
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E.
HomePod
HomePod is Apple’s smart speaker that integrates Siri voice control with high-quality audio playback and seamless connectivity to the Apple ecosystem.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: VoiceOver Target entity description: VoiceOver is a built-in macOS screen reader that provides spoken and braille descriptions of on-screen elements to make the system accessible to users who are blind or visually impaired.
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A.
ChromeVox screen reader
ChromeVox screen reader is a built-in screen reading tool for ChromeOS that provides spoken feedback and keyboard navigation to make the system accessible to visually impaired users.
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B.
Versoix
Versoix is a Swiss municipality on the shores of Lake Geneva, known as a residential suburb of Geneva with lakeside promenades and a mix of urban and natural landscapes.
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C.
WAI
WAI (Web Accessibility Initiative) is a World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) program that develops guidelines, resources, and standards to make the web accessible to people with disabilities.
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D.
Audible
Audible is a leading audiobook and spoken-word entertainment platform that offers a vast library of audio content through digital downloads and streaming.
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E.
HomePod
HomePod is Apple’s smart speaker that integrates Siri voice control with high-quality audio playback and seamless connectivity to the Apple ecosystem.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
assistive technology
ⓘ
macOS feature ⓘ screen reader ⓘ |
| accessibilityAPI | macOS Accessibility API ⓘ |
| cost | included at no additional charge with Apple operating systems ⓘ |
| developer | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| feature |
Activities
ⓘ
Braille display auto-detection ⓘ Braille status cells ⓘ Braille translation tables ⓘ Contextual help ⓘ Customizable gestures ⓘ Customizable keyboard commands ⓘ Item Chooser ⓘ Punctuation verbosity control ⓘ Quick Nav ⓘ Rotor ⓘ Screen curtain ⓘ Screen reader focus tracking ⓘ Sound effects for UI feedback ⓘ Speech rate control ⓘ Text attribute announcement ⓘ Verbosity settings ⓘ Voice selection ⓘ VoiceOver cursor ⓘ Web page navigation by elements ⓘ |
| goal |
enable independent use of computers by blind users
ⓘ
improve accessibility of Apple devices ⓘ |
| includedWith |
iOS
ⓘ
iPadOS ⓘ macOS ⓘ tvOS ⓘ watchOS ⓘ |
| licensing | proprietary software ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
iOS
ⓘ
iPadOS ⓘ macOS ⓘ tvOS ⓘ watchOS ⓘ |
| platform | Apple ecosystem ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
enables non-visual interaction with user interface
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provides braille output ⓘ reads on-screen content aloud ⓘ |
| supportsInput |
braille display keys
ⓘ
keyboard ⓘ touch gestures on iOS ⓘ trackpad gestures ⓘ |
| supportsOutput |
refreshable braille displays
ⓘ
speech ⓘ |
| targetUserGroup |
blind users
ⓘ
visually impaired users ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: VoiceOver Description of subject: VoiceOver is a built-in macOS screen reader that provides spoken and braille descriptions of on-screen elements to make the system accessible to users who are blind or visually impaired.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Zoom (macOS accessibility feature)
subject surface form:
Accessibility shortcuts (macOS)
this entity surface form:
VoiceOver screen reader