VoiceOver Tips for Email, WhatsApp, and Safari on macOS

Discover how to create custom keyboard shortcuts on the Mac, manage email attachments efficiently, and streamline WhatsApp accessibility with VoiceOver. Steven Scott and Shaun Preece dive into practical tips for blind Mac users, plus a new app for organising links and notes.

In this episode of Double Tap, Steven shares a breakthrough he has found for saving email attachments in Apple Mail using custom keyboard shortcuts via Mac System Settings. Shaun chimes in with his own Windows tips, highlighting copy-and-paste shortcuts in Outlook. The hosts explore navigating WhatsApp on Mac with VoiceOver, the usefulness of window spots, and the challenges of the Windows version.

They also discuss Safari’s “not responding” issues, Firefox as an accessible alternative, managing passwords across devices, and their frustrations with passkey adoption. Steven introduces “Just Me.” — a simple, accessible app for saving links and notes to yourself without the clutter of messaging apps.

The conversation wraps with listener emails on learning Braille later in life and the ongoing struggle for employment in the visually impaired community, calling out the need for better representation in sight loss organisations.