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I just upgraded to Mountain Lion. Is there a way to turn off the voice that reads pop-up reminders? She didn't bother me much when she only read pop-up warnings, but now that she's reading my calendar event reminders, I'm getting very annoyed by her.
Thank you!
iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
It might be Voice Over - if so, Command + F5 should turn it off. Also check the setting in System Preferences>Accessibility>Voice Over.
It might be Voice Over - if so, Command + F5 should turn it off. Also check the setting in System Preferences>Accessibility>Voice Over.
No, Voicer Over was not activated.
However, I went exploring through the many many system settings (there are so many, that's why I sometimes ask before exploring myself) and after reading several different possibilities I found the answer! It's in the Dictation & Speech settings. I had to uncheck the box for "Announce when alerts are displayed."
I did search in the forum for the answer first and found no mention of it. So at least this post might be helpful for someone else sometime. 🙂
p.s. I meant to say Thank you for the quick reply!!!
Glad you fixed - good sleuthing 🙂, and thanks for the feedback. And you're right, you've probably helped someone else grappling with the same problem.
Hi,
Go to
System Preferences > Dictation and Speech > Text to Speech
Adjust your preferences for announcing alerts.
gl,
Thank you so much michele205 this was making me nuts. I'm glad I finally have turned it off.
I am on Yosemite and couple of weeks ago was exploring and had turned on "Announce when alerts are displayed" check box in dictation and speech. Today I went turn it off and forgot where I had found it. Thanks to Michele's post I was able turn it off quickly.
Is there a way to turn off the voice that reads reminders?
