Ipad mini 6th gen is locked and "Speaking" all actions. Not opening. Tips?

This is the second time this happened. The first time a tech at work fixed it but now on vacation and can't get it working...

iPad is now "talking" everything I do. I did not manually enter "talk" mode in settings. Not sure how it happened?

I've force restarted it (sleep/menu button) but, once restarted, it is now displaying keyboard, asking for the for passcode to "unlock" the ipad. However, when I press the numbers of the passcode on the screen, the ipad "Speaks" them, but doesn't actually register the numbers, so iPad remains locked.

I tried syncing/restoring it, but iTunes tells me I can't restore it until I enter the password. So I managed to enter the password, but this Voice over is still coming on. I cannot stop it. Whats going on>???

Any tips on how to get through the speaking-password problem and then to resolve this permanently?