i NEED HELP WITH FIREFOX.

[Aaron Konstam]

Something strange is happening to my firefox under F19. As soon as I
open it all the text that is dis[alyed is followed by a reading of the
text. This was not what used to happen

Could someone tell me why this is happening and how to stop it from
doing this

[Reindl Harald]

Am 01.11.2013 21:56, schrieb Aaron Konstam:
> Something strange is happening to my firefox under F19. As soon as I
> open it all the text that is dis[alyed is followed by a reading of the
> text. This was not what used to happen
>
> Could someone tell me why this is happening and how to stop it from
> doing this

* first *do not* write subjects uppercase
  spam-filters giving them negative score for good reasons

* second: describe your problem so that anybody but you
  can imagine what you are talking about or put a scrrenshot
  somewhere

[Joe Zeff]

On 11/01/2013 01:56 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> Something strange is happening to my firefox under F19. As soon as I
> open it all the text that is dis[alyed is followed by a reading of the
> text. This was not what used to happen
>
> Could someone tell me why this is happening and how to stop it from
> doing this

It's not clear to me (and probably others on the list) just what you 
mean.  Maybe if you posted a link to a screen shot it would help us 
understand.  And, what version of Firefox are you currently using? 
Version 25 hit the repos today, but you may still be on 24, and it might 
make a difference.

[SternData]

On 11/01/2013 03:56 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> Something strange is happening to my firefox under F19. As soon as I
> open it all the text that is dis[alyed is followed by a reading of the
> text. This was not what used to happen
>
> Could someone tell me why this is happening and how to stop it from
> doing this

Readng, as in sound coming out of your speakers?

[Aaron Konstam]

On Fri, 2013-11-01 at 17:11 -0500, Steven Stern wrote:
> On 11/01/2013 03:56 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> > Something strange is happening to my firefox under F19. As soon as I
> > open it all the text that is dis[alyed is followed by a reading of the
> > text. This was not what used to happen
> >
> > Could someone tell me why this is happening and how to stop it from
> > doing this
>
> Readng, as in sound coming out of your speakers?
>
> -- 
> -- Steve

Yes, every line of the screen is read through the speakeres.

[Temlakos]

On 11/02/2013 09:07 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> On Fri, 2013-11-01 at 17:11 -0500, Steven Stern wrote:
> > On 11/01/2013 03:56 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> > > Something strange is happening to my firefox under F19. As soon as I
> > > open it all the text that is dis[alyed is followed by a reading of the
> > > text. This was not what used to happen
> > >
> > > Could someone tell me why this is happening and how to stop it from
> > > doing this
> >
> > Readng, as in sound coming out of your speakers?
> >
> > -- 
> > -- Steve
>
> Yes, every line of the screen is read through the speakeres.

I've never had a problem like this. Spontaneous, indiscriminate 
text-to-speech synthesis of every Web page?

Are you sure you haven't installed some add-on by mistake that provides 
that "service"? I'd search all my add-ons.

Temlakos

[Matthew Miller]

On Sat, Nov 02, 2013 at 08:07:43AM -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> Yes, every line of the screen is read through the speakeres.

It sounds like you have some assistive technology turned on. Assuming you
are running Gnome, is there a little person icon on the top bar? Click on
it. Or, in the overview, search for 'Universal Access' and run that.

Then, look in the 'Seeing' tab -- should be the first one -- and see if
Screen Reader is on.