Switching Audio-Out to internal speaker with Audio still plugged in?

Hello,
unfortunately I snapped my optical audio plug in my iMac and now it's stuck in the jack. What a mess. Until I take it to the service, I would like to use my internal speakers. Most unfortunately, as the part of the plug is still stuck in the jack, the iMac recognises external speakers.
Is there a way to switch to the internal speakers by software?
Thank you!

As an alternative, you can get a USB to Audio adapter which plugs into a USB port and has audio input and output jacks. That should enable you to use your external speakers, bypassing the broken audio jack.
StarTech sells [THIS MODEL|http://www.startech.com/item/ICUSBAUDIO-USB-20-to-Audio-Adapter.aspx] for $23. I'm sure there are others.

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