Use a Bluetooth keyboard with VoiceOver on Apple TV
You can control VoiceOver with a connected Bluetooth® keyboard. See the list below for commands.
Use VoiceOver keyboard commands
Enter VoiceOver commands by pressing and holding the Control and Option keys together, then pressing one or more other keys. The Control-Option key combination is known as the VoiceOver key, VO for short.
Note: By default, VoiceOver keyboard commands function as if you are in exploration mode.
Type any of the following keyboard commands:
- Turn on VoiceOver Help: VO-K 
- Turn off VoiceOver Help: Escape 
- Switch between exploration and navigation mode: VO-E 
- Turn VoiceOver and native focus syncing on or off in exploration mode: VO-Shift-F3 
- Select the next or previous item: VO-Right Arrow or VO-Left Arrow 
- Double-tap to activate the selected item: VO-Space bar 
- Press the TV button: VO-H 
- Touch and hold the selected item: VO-Shift-M 
- Move to the status bar: VO-M 
- Read from the current position: VO-A 
- Read from the top: VO-B 
- Pause or resume reading: Control 
- Copy the last spoken text to the clipboard: VO-Shift-C 
- Search for text: VO-F 
- Mute or unmute VoiceOver: VO-S 
- Open the notifications screen: Fn-VO-Up Arrow 
- Open Control Center: Fn-VO-Down Arrow 
- Open the Item Chooser: VO-I 
- Change the label of the selected item: VO-/ 
- Double-tap with two fingers: VO-”-” 
- Swipe up or down: VO-Up Arrow or VO-Down Arrow 
- Adjust the rotor: VO-Command-Left Arrow or VO-Command-Right Arrow 
- Adjust the setting specified by the rotor: VO-Command-Up Arrow or VO-Command-Down Arrow 
- Turn the screen curtain on or off: VO-Shift-S 
- Return to the previous screen: Escape 
- Switch apps: Command-Tab or Command-Shift-Tab 
Edit text using VoiceOver
- Type the following commands to work with text (VoiceOver reads the text as you move the insertion point): - Go forward or back one character: Right Arrow or Left Arrow 
- Go forward or back one word: Option-Right Arrow or Option-Left Arrow 
- Go up or down one line: Up Arrow or Down Arrow 
- Go to the beginning or end of the line: Command-Left Arrow or Command-Down Arrow 
- Go to the beginning or end of the paragraph: Option-Up Arrow or Option-Down Arrow 
- Go to the previous or next paragraph: Option-Up Arrow or Option-Down Arrow 
- Go to the top or bottom of the text field: Command-Up Arrow or Command-Down Arrow 
- Select text as you move: Shift + any of the insertion point movement commands above 
- Select all text: Command-A 
- Copy, cut, or paste the selected text: Command-C, Command-X, or Command-V 
- Undo or redo last change: Command-Z or Shift-Command-Z