Volume keys: F10, F11, F12 stopped working as volume keys. How to reset?

On the MacBook, 13 inch OS X Version 10.8.2, Volume keys: F10, F11, F12 stopped working as Volume keys. How do I reset them back to functio as the Volume keys?

System Preferences>Keyboard:
- this is from Snow Leopard so Mountain Lion may be slightly different but the principle should be the same. If it isn't you need to ask in the Mountain Lion forum.

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Dear Barney-15E,
Your answer got me on the right track. I followed the suggestions as well as I could. Finally I ended up holding down the fn key as I pressed f10, f11& f12. Each one now works as it had before something happened.
chas
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From the View menu, choose Speech.
Click the Text to Speech tab.
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Stirling Dad wrote:
Is there any way to either:
1. make the F10, F11 and F12 keys provide the mute, sound lower and sound higher functions?
that's the default isn't it? if it doesn't work for you uncheck the box "use F1..." in system preferences->keybaord&mouse->keyboard.
2. have the sound functions assigned to other keys and leave the F10, F11 and F12 keys with their display application windows, display dock and dashboard functions?
no. you can't reassign volume shortcuts. if you check the box mentioned above you'll have to use fn+F10 etc to get to them.
I've tried various settings in System Preferences -> Keyboard & Mouse, but without success so far.
Three sets of questions:
1. Is System Preferences -> Keyboard & Mouse the right place to be looking?
2. If so, how should I set the preferences to accomplish what I'm trying to do?
3. If not, what is the correct application, and what should I specifically do?
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For some reason, my F1 through F12 keys stopped working on my USB keyboard. I can't tell if it's a problem with the keyboard or with the OS. This wouldn't be much of a problem except that I can't switch ttys, leaving me unable to startx without plugging in a PS/2 keyboard.
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HOOKS="base udev autodetect pata scsi sata usb usbinput keymap encrypt filesystems"
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Didn't know I had an FLock key until you wrote that... and now it works!
Even though your suggestion was obvious, I might not have figured this out for a while. Thanks for saving me some frustration.

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Do a SMC reset first, let us know if that works.
SMC RESET
Shut down the computer.
Unplug the computer's power cord and all peripherals.
Press and hold the power button for 5 seconds.
Release the power button.
Attach the computers power cable.
Press the power button to turn on the computer.
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Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys. You must press this key combination before the gray screen appears.
Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time.
Release the keys.

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Ok, I was being stupid. Took me hours to realize I had an Fn key (that I never use) pressed and it was changing the output of the function keys.
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