The following options are available to you to control how, when and where alarms are spoken.
• An alarm is spoken or not based on the configuration of its alarm priority tag.
• Alarm tones or wave files may be disabled or played one or more times before an alarm is spoken.
• If wave files are configured as part of the alarm priority tag, they will play as noted in the previous point. Alarm tags, configured to play wave files, will play only the wave file, never the spoken alarm.
• Spoken alarms may be configured to play once or to repeat.
• Spoken alarms may be deactivated globally with a configuration setting.
• You can select which voice, supported by the speech engine, to use. (If your operating system is Microsoft Vista, it is recommended that you do not use the Microsoft Mary voice.)
• You can select whether alarms should be spoken on all workstations, or on only the alarm server.