Hey,
So, continuing to procrastinate and muck about with Parallels. One thing that was bugging me was VoiceOver sticking its nose in when trying to do Windows commands such as Start Narrator. With my custom keyboard layout that perfectly replicates a Windows keyboard, hitting Windows Control Enter is grabbed by VoiceOver as 'select item'... Whatever that means. Some other issues did arise too.
Just a warning, this is all a bit fiddly but fairly painless if you're comfortable with creating activities. Even if not, it's not rocket science. It also assumes you've got your system set up based on my previous [guide.](https://www.applevis.com/guides/instructional-how-you-install-windows-11-mac-using-parallels-v20)
Solutions... Enter VoiceOver activities.
VoiceOver activities, for those who do not know, are sets of rules which are applied to VoiceOver in specific contexts: web pages or apps. The key here is to create one, call it something like ‘Windows' and then go to Commands, turn that on, and then set in there Go to User Set > Edit. Now, go to All, Command A to select them all, and Tab across to Remove. This removes all VoiceOver bindings. Next, click Done, then Done again, and go to one of the last elements in the window and select Context and, if Parallels is open, it should appear in the list. Select it. and then hit Done again.
In this way, when you do anything that would usually be a VoiceOver command that conflicts with what you're doing with Windows, it allows the keystrokes to pass through to Windows.
This does all assume you've got the key mapping I've set out in my guide for setting Parallels up which you can find [here.](https://www.applevis.com/guides/instructional-how-you-install-windows-11-mac-using-parallels-v20)
The nice thing is, this can also be used in other apps like Moonlight, something I'm mucking about with for gaming though that does require adding Moonlight to that Kaarabina Elements script too so that Caps Lock is remapped.
Please ask any questions or for clarifications. I'll edit the post as needed.
It's amazing how much work I'll put in to make my MacBook Air less like a Mac... Just goes to show how bad VoiceOver has become. Cheers, Apple Accessibility.