How can the voice over icon be removed?

I unfortunately followed the advice of someone who really didn't understand OSX 10.8.X and inadvertantly launched the Voice Over program. Now I can't seem to be able to clear the icon. Can anyone help?

Thanks to Zlig I was able determine that after going to System Preferences I needed to go to Accessability and from there Speakable Items and then I could switch it off. The icon went POOF! Thank you Zlig.

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