Turn off automatic voice reading of text message?

[cadcoke5]

I have a Droid X from Verizon. For the past few years, I had Verizon block text messages, but I recently reactivated it. (this was because people would send me a text message, but not get any sort of message back that it was not sent to me).

The problem is that the phone is reading the text messages aloud, and I can't figure out how to turn this off. I have an app called, "Quick Quiet" which turns off rings and notifications on a schedule, but it does not silence these text messages.

I have stumped Verizon technical support. I see no voice settings in the messaging app.

In the messaging settings, "Auto-retrieve MMS messages" was already off. So, I am puzzled why these messages are even coming in.

One forum suggested Settings/Call Settings/Caller ID Readout -set to "ring only," but it was already set that way.

Another user mentioned that this reading of text message started when they installed an app called Vlingo. But, I don't have that app.

Thank you in advance for any other ideas,

-Joe

 

[Thom]

You could try running in Safe Mode (disabling all the apps you added without uninstalling them) and if the problem stops it was caused by an app that you added. You then have to determine the culprit.

The page at ... Safe Mode - DROID X by Motorola ... tells you how to turn Safe Mode on and off.

... Thom

 

[cadcoke5]

Thanks for the top about safe mode. In safe mode, it did not read text messages. So, apparently I have an app issue. But, I only have one app that reads text, which was installed years ago. That is Smart Alarm, which I use daily.

So, aside from abandoning that app, my only other option seems to be blocking all text messages. I even checked to see if turning off "Automatically retrieve MMS messages", but that was already off. I don't like any of the options.

Thanks again for the suggestion, even if I don't like the implications.

-Joe

 

[themib]

you could reset the smart alarm app, by wiping apps data and cache, menu>settings>apps>installed>smart alarm

 

[cadcoke5]

Thank you all for the replies. I finally found a successful solution.

The existing settings under the accessibility menu already had "Voice Readouts" turned off. But, it was suggested that I turn it on, and then back off. That did the trick.

-Joe