Random Voice Commands and keyboard shortcuts aren't what they are supposed

I was just working on my iMac as usual when all of a sudden the speech commands thing just started talking randomly. I went into system prefs but the voice commands thing is off.
Also, the keyboard functions (F1, F2, etc.) all got changed and no half of them don't work. I also went into system prefs and into keyboard but all of the functions are normal there, but they are not matching up with what happens when I actually push the button. *(For example, F4 is supposed to be dashboard. when I click it, nothing happens. F11 which is decrease volume, when pressed, brings up the dashboard)* once again, everything in system prefs is normal.
I work for an advertising agency doing layouts and I cannot work like this without my macros working and random voice commands going off everything I push a button.

Have you gone to System Prefs and unchecked "Use all F1, F2 etc keys as standard function keys?

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