Strange black box on desktop

[lisz]

I have a strange black box on my desktop that keeps telling me exactly what I am doing. I don't know how it got there, as my cat jumped on the keyboard while i was on the computer. Does anyone know how to get rid of it? Thank you

 

[Gregg2]

Control-Option-Shift-Up Arrow

 

[lisz]

Control-Option-Shift-Up Arrow

We tried that and it doesn’t work. And now we’ve lost the arrow too . I’m working with a blue circle which won’t allow me to click on anything. So I’m working off keyboard manoeuvrings only. Never seen anything like this.

 

[Jethro!]

Wonder if your cat activated something in the Accessibility control panel. I'd poke around there to see if something got turned on.

 

[chabig]

I think you have Voiceover turned on. Look in System Preferences > Accessibility > Voiceover.

 

[lisz]

I think you have Voiceover turned on. Look in System Preferences > Accessibility > Voiceover.

Yes we figured it out we had voice over on and it created the box and the lack of a cursor. Thanks for your help everyone.

 

[Gregg2]

We tried that and it doesn’t work.

Oh, now you tell us...