It looks like you have Orca, a text-to-speech daemon for people with sight disabilities, running on startup. This is either a bug with it or a configuration issue.
** Package changed: kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) => gnome-orca (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to kubuntu-meta in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/755297 Title: [Natty] Loud synthetic voice at KDE login -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
