Mac – How to get rid of this pop up when I try to select text

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I'm not sure if this is a macbook issue (My sister gave me a macbook with OS 10.9.1) or a google chrome issue.

When I'm using Google Chrome and want to select text (either by tapping three times over a word in a phrase, by double clicking then dragging, or by 3-finger dragging over a phrase) this pop up pops up over my screen with the words I selected showing up 1 by 1. It goes away when I click. But it's really annoying.

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What is the point of it and how do I get rid of it???

Thanks

Best Answer

That looks like you have a Chrome plug-in that is a web site reader.

On your screen shot one can see the "250wpm" (words per minute)in bottom right corner, that would be an indication that you have a reader plug installed.

Remove it or fix it.