Can I override the headphone jack to play through speakers?

Macbook pro 15" early 2011, running mavericks 10.9.5
Some cabling broke off in the headphone jack and I can't play sound through my speakers since it's still identifying headphones. I read that this is a mechanical switch and can't be fixed by software, but that was like a year ago.
Is this still the case?

MusicByLaurie wrote:
how can I pan the left side to play through both speakers (in mono)?
you can not, you'll need to create a mono version of the left channel:
http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/GBFAQ.html#stereotomono
(Let the page FULLY load. The link to your answer is at the top of your screen)

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