Keys on the Keyboard not working.

A couple keys on my keyboard are not working. The Y is one of them. Every time I click Y it makes this noise but it doesn't type Y. I know the problem is not with the hardware because I replaced the keyboard with a brand new one and it still is the same. Is there any way to fix this? Thank you very much for your time.
Take care,
Andrew

Open the Speech pane of System Preferences and check what the Speech and Listening keys are; if necessary, change the setting.
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