Narration is coming from the computer for every operation performed.

All of the sudden I am getting narration from the audio on every operation performed. I also have noticed things are being highlighted by a black thin lined rectangle. In addition in my apple menu Restart, Shutdown, and Logout all have been duplicated. Is this all related? How do I turn off the narration?
Any help will be much appreciated!
Thanks
Steve
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Open up your SYSTEM PREFERENCES and select UNIVERSAL ACCESS. Turn off VOICEOVER .
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