speech command won't shut off

Leopard here

This morning when I started up my laptop the speech command was on. A black box surrounded each window it was reading.I turned off the speech command but my macbook pro won't stop reading everything out loud. I tried restarting, didn't help. Another thing I noticed is that all of my Fcontrol keys are mixed up on my wireless keyboard. On my laptop they work except for the volume control keys.

Any suggestions here? Is this a virus?

Welcome to Mac-forums, jaymiemac.

A simple forum search would have brought you this thread: http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44021&highlight=black+box and many others.

Please use the search function first. A lot of topics have already been discussed.

Go to System Preferences>>>Universal Access>>>and turn "Voice Over" OFF.




EDIT: oh yes.. please search

thank you both!

How did it get turned on in the first place?

You obviously hit the combo keys that switches it on. See the screenshot above.

This just happened to me as well...

Could there be a new virus out there?

Nah just accidental combination of keys switched it on. That many short cuts it happens as MHC advised.

grateful

I tried EVERYTHING but Universal Services. This has to be an issue for others. Actually had a hard time finding the right answer.... grrrrrrrrrr. But you had it right.............. a great relief. Thanks.