Annoying Audio randomly plays on my mac.

Iv had this problem for 2 days now. Randomly some Russian or a similar foreign language of audio plays for 5 seconds then stops. This happens several times with seemingly nothing that triggers it. There might be a time interval between when it plays but it does happen very often, a minimum of 2 to 3 times an hour. I do not know what the problem is. I scanned the computer using iAntivirus and it turned out nothing.
The audio seems to resemble a an english trailer that has been translated to another language. Because while the foreign language is spoken you can hear some english. Sounds like a movie trailer.

Does it continue to occur after you restart the computer, FrizzyHair? No possibility that it is something that has simply been "minimised" from a pop-up add in Safari or the like?
Are your running under OSX or booted in Bootcamp at the time?
If OSX, when you head to System Preferences > Speech and select the "Text to Speech" tab, is "Announce when Alerts are displayed" turned on? If so, turn it off.
No chance that a "friend" has had access to the computer and installed the "Talking Moose" or something similar?
No chance that a "widget" is running in the background that makes announcements from time to time? (there was as situation a while back where people would suddenly find their Macs making noises like an aquarium a while back , because of a "free" widget that had been widely distributed that made such sounds even when the widgets were not on screen)
Cheers
Rod

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