We're calling on all EU-based Mozillians with iOS or iPadOS devices to help us monitor Apple’s new browser choice screens. Join the effort to hold Big Tech to account!

This site will have limited functionality while we undergo maintenance to improve your experience. If an article doesn't solve your issue and you want to ask a question, we have our support community waiting to help you at @FirefoxSupport on Twitter and/r/firefox on Reddit.

Avatar for Username

Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

This thread was archived. Please ask a new question if you need help.

my computer has suddenly started to talk to me and tell me what i'm doing--how do I stop it?

  • 3 replies
  • 1 has this problem
  • 1 view
  • Last reply by James

museumofdave
museumofdave
more options

I have a Mac OS-10 which has operated smoothly for quite a while. This morning, for no reason I can figure out, an impersonal computer voice started to tell me where I was going, .i.e, when I'd go to one site, it would announce I was there. Every so often it will repeat "TEN FOUR FOX HAS NEW WINDOW." When I hit the caps just now, it said "CAPS LOCK ON" and just the reverse when I took them off. This is too creepy. How do I get rid of the voice that was never there until now? Did I somehow enable the voice by hitting a wrong key?

I have a Mac OS-10 which has operated smoothly for quite a while. This morning, for no reason I can figure out, an impersonal computer voice started to tell me where I was going, .i.e, when I'd go to one site, it would announce I was there. Every so often it will repeat "TEN FOUR FOX HAS NEW WINDOW." When I hit the caps just now, it said "CAPS LOCK ON" and just the reverse when I took them off. This is too creepy. How do I get rid of the voice that was never there until now? Did I somehow enable the voice by hitting a wrong key?

All Replies (3)

hub
hub
more options

I suspect you accidentally enabled Voice Over.

Go to System Preferences. Click on "Universal Access". Click on the tab "Seeing" There is a button for Voice Over, make sure "off" is selected.

If it was on, you probably had enabled it by accident by pressing Command-F5 (or Fn-Command-F5).

Hope this helps.

cor-el
cor-el
  • Moderator
  • Top 10 Contributor
more options

Be aware that current TenFourFox versions no longer support plugins like Flash

Flash Player 10.1 Release Notes: (latest version for Mac G3 PPC)

See (Released 11/04/2010) Flash Player 10.1.102.64 and 9.0.289.0 (126 MB)

James
James
  • Moderator
  • Top 10 Contributor
more options

Duplicate of https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/907504