
Use VoiceOver to hear what you type on Mac
VoiceOver can speak what you’re typing (known as a “typing echo”).
Note: VO represents the VoiceOver modifier.
- To open the Verbosity rotor, press VO-V. 
- Press the Left Arrow or Right Arrow key until you hear “typing echo” and the current setting. 
- Press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow key until you hear the setting you want. 
- To close the rotor, press the Escape key or Fn-Tab. 
You can also set the typing echo in the Text pane of the Verbosity category in VoiceOver Utility. To open VoiceOver Utility, press VO-F8 when VoiceOver is on.
To set options to have VoiceOver tell you when you press the Caps Lock key or a modifier key, open VoiceOver Utility, then click Announcements.
If you’re using portable preferences on a guest computer when you change typing settings, the settings are saved to the portable preferences drive and not to the guest computer.