diff --git a/lib/helpers/macos/applescript.js b/lib/helpers/macos/applescript.js
index 3743566..7418b67 100644
--- a/lib/helpers/macos/applescript.js
+++ b/lib/helpers/macos/applescript.js
@@ -52,32 +52,25 @@ const INDENT = '    ';
  */
 exports.renderScript = function (command) {
   validateCommand(command);
-  const renderedKeyCodeLines = command.keyCodes
-    .map(code => {
-      const renderedKeyCode = KeyCode[code].toString();
-      const renderedModifiers = renderModifiers(command);
-      return `
-${INDENT}${INDENT}key code ${renderedKeyCode}${renderedModifiers}`;
-    })
-    .join('');
+  // Key presses must be scripted as a nested series of "key down"/"key up"
+  // commands rather than a linear sequence of "key code" commands because
+  // VoiceOver does not recognize key combinations using the latter API (e.g.
+  // `key code {123, 124}`).
+  const renderedKeyCodeLines = [...command.modifiers, ...command.keyCodes]
+    .reverse()
+    .map(code => KeyCode[code].toString())
+    .reduce((accum, next) => `key down ${next}\n${accum}\nkey up ${next}`, '')
+    .split('\n')
+    .map(line => `${INDENT}${INDENT}${line}`)
+    .join('\n');
+
   const script = `with timeout of ${APPLESCRIPT_TIMEOUT} seconds
-${INDENT}tell application "System Events"${renderedKeyCodeLines}
+${INDENT}tell application "System Events"
+${renderedKeyCodeLines}
 ${INDENT}end tell
 end timeout`;
-  return applescript(script);
 
-  /**
-   * @param {Applescript.AppleKeyCodeCommand} command
-   * @returns {string}
-   */
-  function renderModifiers(command) {
-    if (command.modifiers.length > 1) {
-      return ` using {${command.modifiers.map(mod => `${Modifier[mod]} down`).join(', ')}}`;
-    } else if (command.modifiers.length === 1) {
-      return ` using ${Modifier[command.modifiers[0]]} down`;
-    }
-    return '';
-  }
+  return applescript(script);
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/test/helpers/macos/applescript.js b/test/helpers/macos/applescript.js
index df475c9..cf7310b 100644
--- a/test/helpers/macos/applescript.js
+++ b/test/helpers/macos/applescript.js
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ suite('helpers/macos/applescript', () => {
         applescript(
           'with timeout of 5 seconds\n' +
             '    tell application "System Events"\n' +
-            '        key code 49\n' +
+            '        key down 49\n' +
+            '        \n' +
+            '        key up 49\n' +
             '    end tell\n' +
             'end timeout',
         ),
@@ -67,7 +69,11 @@ suite('helpers/macos/applescript', () => {
         applescript(
           'with timeout of 5 seconds\n' +
             '    tell application "System Events"\n' +
-            '        key code 0 using option down\n' +
+            '        key down 58\n' +
+            '        key down 0\n' +
+            '        \n' +
+            '        key up 0\n' +
+            '        key up 58\n' +
             '    end tell\n' +
             'end timeout',
         ),
@@ -80,7 +86,15 @@ suite('helpers/macos/applescript', () => {
         applescript(
           'with timeout of 5 seconds\n' +
             '    tell application "System Events"\n' +
-            '        key code 11 using {command down, option down, shift down}\n' +
+            '        key down 55\n' +
+            '        key down 58\n' +
+            '        key down 57\n' +
+            '        key down 11\n' +
+            '        \n' +
+            '        key up 11\n' +
+            '        key up 57\n' +
+            '        key up 58\n' +
+            '        key up 55\n' +
             '    end tell\n' +
             'end timeout',
         ),