We own an e-mac that's quite a few years old now. My daughter's friend slammed her hands down on the keyboard yesterday and now each time you press a key, it talks, repeating every letter after its pressed.

She has obviously hit a series of commands to make this happen... does anyone know how to shut it up :)

On your dock > click on system preferences > then find Speech and Universal Access. Make sure "Speakable Items" and "Voice Over" are turned off.

Thank you. I'll try that a little later today.

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Originally Posted by frangipanis

my daughter's friend slammed her hands down on the keyboard yesterday

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If she really slammed it, the keyboard may actually be broken. Power down the system switch out the keyboard with a known good one and power backup. If the problem is resolved then you know the original keyboard is bad and needs to be replaced.

I should have got back here to let you know the problem was fixed. She had only keyed a command. I'm glad the keyboard isn't broken.