How to turn off chrome vox

00:01hi everyone this is brad today we're taking a  look at chromebook's built-in screen reader now  

00:06we're just taking a let's call chromevox  we're just taking a look at how to enable  

00:10or how to disable it because a number  of people recently have said to me that  

00:14a student's chromebook is reading to  them aloud and almost had a robotic voice  

00:18so way to quickly uh enable it or disable it  is you want to hold down control alt and z  

00:25and you can see it says chrome box enabled  right here so if you give a little time you  

00:30can see right up here chromevox spoken feedback  is writing if you give it a little more time  

00:34it will start to um read aloud as is  what it's done it's a built-in screen  

00:39uh reader okay so you can hear that right there  do i get rid of it ctrl alt z will then remove  

00:46it another way just to show you something right  down in here um is you can go ahead and and if  

00:52you don't see accessibility here there's another  thing just to show you is if you go ahead into  

00:56the settings and then you type in accessibility  you can then in the system menu always show that  

01:05so just to show this to you if you go and you can  see the accessibility here you can see all these  

01:10options that are here so sometimes students do go  into that and sometimes some of these things are  

Chrome OS has a feature called Chrome Vox for the visually impaired. Schools and businesses often provide separate care for people with disabilities, and sudden playback of audio from a Chromebook may interfere with class or business use .

You can prevent sudden Chrome Vox audio playback by disabling it from the Google Wokrspace admin console .

Settings for personal accounts


Select “Accessibility” from the status window at the bottom right of the desktop screen and turn ” ChromeVox (voice feedback)” to ” Off “.

Setting restrictions in the organization

When restricting ChromeVox on ChromeOS (Chromebook), there are restriction settings for “Device” and “User Account”.
There are restrictions on using Chrome Vox before login on the device and after login on the user account.

1. Device (pre-login screen)
 Chrome management console> Device> Chrome> Settings> Device settings> Accessibility function
 ”Voice feedback” on the login screen Select ” Disable voice feedback on the login screen “

2. User account (after login)
 Chrome admin console> Devices> Chrome> Settings> User and browser settings> Accessibility Select
 ”Voice feedback” and ” Disable voice feedback”

Chromebook talks suddenly, disable ChromeVox (voice feedback)

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Chrome OS has many useful accessibility features such as ChromeVox, On-Screen keyboard, high contrast mode, etc. But sometimes, the same accessibility features can get annoying if you are unaware of them. For instance, if your Chromebook is talking randomly, this could be due to an accessibility feature. If you are wondering how to stop Chromebook from talking, here are various ways to turn off voice on Chrome OS.

Table of Contents

  • How to Turn off ChromeVox on Chromebook
  • How to Turn off Text to Speech on Chromebook
  • How to Turn off Voice Assistant on Chromebook
  • How to Turn off Speak to Type on Chromebook
  • Bonus: Turn off Extensions
  • Tips to Use Chromebook

How to Turn off ChromeVox on Chromebook

ChromeVox is an accessibility feature that allows users to navigate the interface through verbal prompts. It’s basically an advanced screen reader in the form of a narrator for blind people that reads everything on the screen and helps them in using Chrome OS.

If your Chromebook is reading out every small detail that is displayed on the screen, this could be the feature that you need to turn off to make Chromebook stop talking. Use the following steps to disable ChromeVox.

1. Open Settings on your Chromebook.

2. Click on Advanced in the left panel and select Accessibility. Hit the Manage accessibility features in the right panel.

How to turn off chrome vox

3. Turn off Enable ChromeVox (spoken feedback) under Text-to-Speech.

How to turn off chrome vox

Tip: You can use Ctrl + Alt + Z keyboard shortcut to disable ChromeVox.

How to Turn off Text to Speech on Chromebook

Chromebook offers another screen reader in the form of Select to speak. This feature, as expected, reads the selected text on the screen. You need to manually activate it when you need to read some text as opposed to ChromeVox, which is always active.

To turn off Select-to-speak on Chromebook, follow these steps:

1. Open Settings on your Chrome OS.

2. Go to Advanced > Accessibility > Manage accessibility features.

How to turn off chrome vox

3. Turn off the toggle next to Enable Select to Speak.

How to turn off chrome vox

How to Turn off Voice Assistant on Chromebook

If you aren’t satisfied with the native voice assistant i.e., Google Assistant on your Chromebook, you can easily disable it as shown below.

1. Open Settings on your Chromebook.

2. Click on Search and Assistant from the left sidebar followed by Google Assistant on the right side.

How to turn off chrome vox

3. Turn off the toggle next to On to completely disable Google Assistant. Alternatively, if you want to turn off the Hey Google voice command only, then select Off under the Hey Google drop-down box.

How to turn off chrome vox

How to Turn off Speak to Type on Chromebook

Do you dislike the native voice typing feature on Chromebook? Generally, voice typing is active only when you use the Search + D command or click on the Dictation (Microphone) icon on the Shelf. But you can turn it off completely as shown below.

1. Launch Settings on Chromebook.

2. Open Advanced > Accessibility > Manage accessibility.

How to turn off chrome vox

3. Scroll down to the Keyboard and text input section and turn off the toggle next to Enable dictation.

How to turn off chrome vox

Bonus: Turn off Extensions

If your Chromebook is still talking even after disabling the above voice control features, it could be due to a third-party Chrome extension. Open Chrome browser and go to chrome://extensions. Turn off any voice control extension.

Tips to Use Chromebook

I hope you were able to turn off voice on Chromebook using the above methods. Once everything is fine, know about the best games and note-taking apps for Chromebook. Also, check out 10+ tips to make Chromebook faster.