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VoiceOver

Everything under System Settings › Accessibility › VoiceOver, as Nix options. Each one is named after the control you'd click, and set under programs.nix-plist-manager.options in home-manager.

1 option 0 verified against System Settings

VoiceOver

Section titled “VoiceOver”

System Settings › Accessibility › VoiceOver › VoiceOver

home-manager · per user Not verified 
applications.systemSettings.accessibility.voiceOver.voiceOver = true;

true or false "unset" puts back macOS's default.

Where it's stored and what runs
  • com.apple.universalaccess voiceOverOnOffKey

For false:

/usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.universalaccess voiceOverOnOffKey -bool false || echo 'nix-plist-manager: failed: /usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.universalaccess voiceOverOnOffKey -bool false' >&2
/usr/bin/defaults -currentHost delete com.apple.universalaccess voiceOverOnOffKey 2>/dev/null || true

For true:

/usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.universalaccess voiceOverOnOffKey -bool true || echo 'nix-plist-manager: failed: /usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.universalaccess voiceOverOnOffKey -bool true' >&2
/usr/bin/defaults -currentHost delete com.apple.universalaccess voiceOverOnOffKey 2>/dev/null || true

For unset:

/usr/bin/defaults delete com.apple.universalaccess voiceOverOnOffKey 2>/dev/null || true
/usr/bin/defaults -currentHost delete com.apple.universalaccess voiceOverOnOffKey 2>/dev/null || true