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.
3. Turn off Enable ChromeVox (spoken feedback) under Text-to-Speech.
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.
3. Turn off the toggle next to Enable Select to Speak.
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.
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 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.
3. Scroll down to the Keyboard and text input section and turn off the toggle next to Enable dictation.
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.