I don't know what I did but there's now a narrator to everything I do!

[james6000]

As said in the title. For some reason my computer is now narrating everything I do on the computer such as saying "Firefox, File, Bookmarks, Scroll Bar" etc. I'm sure I didn't change anything in system preferences.

Does anyone know how I can switch this off?

 

[Blue Velvet]

Go to Univeral Access in System Preferences and turn VoiceOver off.

 

[Eraserhead]

You've turned on Voiceover I imagine, go to System Preferences==>Universal Access==>Voiceover Off to switch it off.

EDIT: Dammit beaten by BV, playing with Voiceover was too much fun.

 

[kwood]

You probably hit the keyboard short cut for Voice Over. I have mine turned off from System Preferences>Keyboard & Mouse>Keyboard Shortcuts. That way it never turns on accidentally.

 

[james6000]

Thanks for that. It was unbelievably annoying.

I wonder how I turned it on then since I've never seen that window. Maybe, somehow, I accidentally inserted the the shortcut to turn it on?

 

[rdowns]

Command-F5 turns it on, very easy to make that error.

Whatever you do, don't press Control-Option-Command-8.

 

[james6000]

Command-F5 turns it on, very easy to make that error.

Whatever you do, don't press Control-Option-Command-8.

Why? What does that do? Saying that is just teasing people

 

[jsw]

Why? What does that do? Saying that is just teasing people

It just turns your screen colors into their negatives.

 

[Eraserhead]

Whatever you do, don't press Control-Option-Command-8.

That's cool, unfortunately you can't screenshot it.

 

[njmac]

Saying that is just teasing people

I think that was the point

It just reverses the colors, go ahead and try it.

 

[rdowns]

Why? What does that do? Saying that is just teasing people

Go ahead and try it. You can just toggle it back off after you check it out.

Take a look here for a ton of keyboard shortcuts.

 

[james6000]

Tried it. Was cool. For about 2 secs. Why would anyone use that?

 

[jsw]

Tried it. Was cool. For about 2 secs. Why would anyone use that?

It's intended for those with impaired vision.

 

[rdowns]

If you look around the Universal Access System Preference, you will see a lot of ways in which Apple help those with disabilities.

 

[LumbermanSVO]

I use the reverse colors when I've been doing a lot of reading and my eyes are getting sore/tired.

 

[joepunk]

I liked using the Control-Option-Command-8 sometimes when I was around other laptop users at Uni.