Jerry Krinock wrote: > I thought this was a new feature in Tiger, but maybe it was in Panther. > Open your System Preferences, Universal Access, and see if "VoiceOver" is > on. Then go into the Keyboard pane and see if there is a hotkey (cmd-F5) to > turn it on and off. Maye you hit this accidentally like I did earlier > today. Ahaa! That was it! I'm not quote blind yet, so need no VoiceOver to assist me. However, I may have to reboot for it to take affect. Thanks for your help! keith Ooops. Hold on! I just discovered my particular problem was caused by Spell Catcher®! I had Alert Sounds checked, for Questionable Spelling, and it kept saying "Curious" each time I mistyped a word... Problem solved.