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MacOCD

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Original poster
So for some random reason my computer decided to randomly started speaking everything i click, type, search, everything... any one know how to stop this?

Never-mind! Somehow i hit the key-bind that i didn't know i had, sorry for the post.
 
There is no way to turn it off once you have turned it on 😉 😀

Go to the following:

System Preferences>Speech>

Then you'll see a little option right at the top that says "Speakable Items" just turn this off 🙂

Also worth going to:

System Preferences>Date and Time>Clock

The check that "Announce the time" is switched off too 😉
 
On the other hand, if you want your computer to talk to you, you can open a Terminal window and type "say ..." whatever you like. 😀
 
You may have accidentally hit Command + F5, this will turn on the voice over utility in Universal Access. It is basically for the visually impaired. To turn it off, goto System Preferences=>Universal Access=> and under the seeing tab, check the OFF radio Button.
 
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