When I activated VoiceOver, capital s was used to start reading. I cannot turn it off so as to be able to use capital s in ordinary utilities (Word, textedit..) Restarting did not help.

Question

When I activated VoiceOver, capital s was used to start reading.  I cannot turn it off so as to be able to use capital s in ordinary utilities (Word, textedit..)  Restarting did not help.

Answer 1

Hi, benson -
If it is a matter of VoiceOver being turned on when you press Shift-S, you can change the keyboard command key combo for that. Open System Preferences, select the Keyboard item. In the new window, click the Keyboard Shortcuts button.
In the left list, click Universal Acess. In the new list on the right, be sure the last item, "Turn VoiceOver on or off", is checkmarked, then click the command-key setting on the right of that line. A small text box will open - enter the new command-key combo you wish to reset it to.
Suggestion - the original setting for that is Command-F5 (that's the number 5, not the letter S). Unless you have a particular need to use Command-F5 for something else, I would reset it to that. If you do need to set it to something else, include the Command-key as part of the combo - doing so prevents accidental activation when using routine keyboard strokes.