I have a problem that often (but not always) happens with the Macs at work: I turn Voice over off (by either pressing Command + F5 or clicking the little grey voiceover dialog box). Then when I turn on the machine later, Voice over is on!.
Any idea why this may be happening? I noticed that in Activity Monitor, a process turns on called "com.apple.speech.speechsynthesisd".
Hello AntonioMS,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities. It's my understanding that VoiceOver is automatically enabled when turning on your multiple Mac computers. I can see how this could be a bit concerning. I'm happy to help.
I recommend testing the issue while starting in safe mode. Starting in safe mode allows your Mac to run certain checks, remove caches, and prevent login items from automatically launching. This can isolate possible third party issues. Use the steps and information in the link below for assistance with safe mode:
Use safe mode to isolate issues with your Mac
Let us know the results. Please include any other troubleshooting steps you may have tried.
Have a nice day!
This seems clearly a bug in Mojave 10.4.3 (not sure it it happened in previous updates). To avoid this happening, I'm turning off Voiceover in System Preferences > Accessibility (instead of Command+F5, clicking the X in the Voiceover dialog or pressing the Esc key). This seems to be working, I'd let you know if this doesn't work).
This is happening in different Macs with Mojave and appears even before log-in (in the log-in screen), so it's not related to software corruption or login items. This is clearly a bug. Thanks for your answer.
VoiceOver turning itself on after I start my Macbook Pro (MacOS 10.14 Mojave). Why?
