Does anyone know what this stupid black box is on my Mac? My kid got a hold of my laptop today and now I cant get rid of this box. I cant click on it, its always on top and I can only drag it around the screen. It seems to be some kind of dialog box that details what I am currently doing. Annoying as hell!
Its not the "Grab" uitility, that's just the app I used to take the screen shot. Force quit didn't show anything out of the ordinary (Firefox, Finder, Grab, Preview) I quit everything and its still there.
Click on the apple in the upper left hand corner and select "Recent Items" and see if there is anything not recognizable (something you haven't done) on that list.
It sounds like you have Universal Access turned on.
In your Dock (the line of icons at the bottom of your screen) click on the icon labeled "System Preferences" (it looks like a gear box).
When the panel opens, the last icon in the System will be "Universal Access" (a blue circle with a little man). Click the icon and the panel will change.
Under the heading "Seeing" set the radio buttons for "VoiceOver" to "Off".