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Help! Computer is talking to me... - DP - 09-29-2007
Literally. I woke it up this AM and the first thing I noticed was a solid black rectangle around the icons on my desktop that I clicked on and then it would start talking to me telling me the name of the file. Then I would go to my dropdowns and it would say out loud every thing I click on and it's in this electronic voice. Also I noticed that some menu items such as Shutdown are duplicated. What's going on and how do shut it off? As of now I have turned off the sound but this is really crazy.
iMac Core Duo 2.0 10.4.9.
Re: Help! Computer is talking to me... - DavidS - 09-29-2007
"I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that. "
Re: Help! Computer is talking to me... - DP - 09-29-2007
>"I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that. "
So far, I can't tell if Eyesight is looking at me...
Re: Help! Computer is talking to me... - BigGuynRusty - 09-29-2007
VoiceOver in Universal Access?
BGnR
It is iSight.
Re: Help! Computer is talking to me... - mstudio - 09-29-2007
Go into your System Prefs>Universal Access and turn off Voice Over. I think Command, F5 does it, too.
Re: Help! Computer is talking to me... - BigGuynRusty - 09-29-2007
Type Faster!!
BGnR
Re: Help! Computer is talking to me... - DP - 09-29-2007
VoiceOver was on. I didn't turn it on! Actually, my iMac is a bit flaky. Among other things, I have it set to Sleep after 15 minutes but it won't Sleep unless I do it with the Power button.
The VoiceOver thing has me baffled.
Anyway, that was it and once again this august forum comes to the rescue!
Re: Help! Computer is talking to me... - rgG - 09-29-2007
When it starts singing "Daisy, Daisy give me your answer do..." then you should be worried, very worried.
