VoiceOver option
During the Setup Assistant, one of the options you'll see is VoiceOver. This is part of the enhanced Universal Access capabilities of Mac OS X. VoiceOver provides a spoken user interface (English only), which means the computer speaks to the user and describes what is going on. People with visual impairments can access just about everything on the Mac using the keyboard instead of the mouse. It's quite amazing.
In this introductory process, VoiceOver walks a user through keyboard practice, moving around the screen using the keyboard, typing in text fields, as well as selecting items in pop-up menus, scrolling lists, and control panes.
If you choose not to practice VoiceOver at this point, you can always do it later at your leisure. ...
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