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11-19-2015, 08:17 PM	#1
Dafydd Member Registered: Oct 2008 Posts: 344 Rep:	Want computer to quit talking to me. I have inadvertently enables my computer to speak every word/letter/command I type or pass my cursor over. I can not remember where I did that. Can someone direct me to that profile button? This happened a few days ago and I have completely run out of words or combinations to search for. Ubuntu 15.10

11-19-2015, 08:21 PM	#2
ardvark71 LQ Veteran Registered: Feb 2015 Location: USA Distribution: Lubuntu 14.04, 22.04, Windows 8.1 and 10 Posts: 6,282 Blog Entries: 4 Rep:	Hi... Do any of the solutions here help? Regards... Last edited by ardvark71; 11-19-2015 at 08:56 PM. Reason: Changed information.

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11-20-2015, 02:15 AM

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Do any of the solutions here help?

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Yes. When I got to Orca I remembered. Thanks for the path reminder.
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Thanks for the path reminder.

You're welcome, glad it helped.

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01-18-2016, 06:00 PM	#5
jamison20000e Senior Member Registered: Nov 2005 Location: ...uncanny valley... infinity\1975; (randomly born:) Milwaukee, WI, US( + travel,) Earth&Mars (I wish,) END BORDER$!◣◢┌∩┐ Fe26-E,e... Distribution: any GPL that work on freest-HW; has been KDE, CLI, Novena-SBC but open.. http://goo.gl/NqgqJx &c ;-) Posts: 4,888 Blog Entries: 2 Rep:	This happened to me once (Debian.) lol /lɒl/ or /lɑːl/ Last edited by jamison20000e; 01-18-2016 at 06:05 PM.

01-18-2016, 06:47 PM	#6
Keith Hedger Senior Member Registered: Jun 2010 Location: Wiltshire, UK Distribution: Void, Linux From Scratch, Slackware64 Posts: 3,150 Rep:	Nothing wrong with hearing voices, as long as you don't do what they tell you to do.

01-18-2016, 07:36 PM	#7
jamison20000e Senior Member Registered: Nov 2005 Location: ...uncanny valley... infinity\1975; (randomly born:) Milwaukee, WI, US( + travel,) Earth&Mars (I wish,) END BORDER$!◣◢┌∩┐ Fe26-E,e... Distribution: any GPL that work on freest-HW; has been KDE, CLI, Novena-SBC but open.. http://goo.gl/NqgqJx &c ;-) Posts: 4,888 Blog Entries: 2 Rep:	...there's thinking out loud? :-)

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