"You have a message." voice alert:
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God, why has this voice thing been activated?
I don’t always open my messages straight away and it won’t shut the hell up until I do. I hate any kind of website singing or speaking to me. 
I can read the “You have 1 new message” button perfectly well, thank you. 
[quote=“Alien”]I can read the “You have 1 new message” button perfectly well, thank you. [/quote]Are you sure ? Mine always says “You have no new messages”
I agree, any sounds on websites (together with hundreds of animated gifs, and backgrounds that make the text unreadable) are a big no-no, unless it’s a Taiwanese website 
At least someone talks to you. My machine at work doesn’t have a sound card.
Same here. Unwanted noises are one surefire way to steer me away from a website. I rate them up there with pop-ups in terms of annoyance.
Really? I like it. I just wish the voice were a little sexier… 
Especially porn sites late at night.
Unless it’s blinking text, right?
I hate it. I was just putting Forumosa into the background at work when I heard this voice “You’ve got mail”. I thought “what the heck was that?”, everyone was looking at me. It is not a great idea.
Please deactivate it. It’s annoying.
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I keep the sound off unless I am looking at something I need with sound.
ET, a sense of humor I thought you had.
I think it’s good. I often miss the fact that I have a new message otherwise. But it is very annoying that it just keeps going until you open the message.
Brian
Well, at least it’s nice to know it works
[quote=“wolf_reinhold”]???
I keep the sound off unless I am looking at something I need with sound.[/quote]
This is just what I was going to say – at work, I keep my Windows muted (it’s a pretty quiet office, too), unless there’s something important I need to listen to (like Game 7 of the ALCS)
If anyone would like to send an alternative voice, you are welcome to – just send it over to admin (at) forumosa.com in .WAV format. This is an easy replacement. We could even make it a product placement-like thing: “Hi, this is Rick Monday from Morning Call, and you have a Private Message”
Or, “Pi(n)esay, this is Annette Lu… please check your Private Area for a message”
(you can suggest your own script 
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[quote=“wolf_reinhold”]???
I keep the sound off unless I am looking at something I need with sound.[/quote]
Who cares what you do, grandpa? Why should I turn my sound off just to avoid dumb shit? I like the sound of my harp strings and beeps when I save and open programs. Makes me feel accomplished.
But that electronic MALE voice! 
I would call that discrimination. It should be a female voice with a lisp!
How 'bout Dofu barking…
How about that enticing sound, that subtle whisper, of a beer cap coming off a bottle.
Please please please, if it’s possible, reduce the set volume of that voice. I keep my computer system and wave volume at a level that allows for comfortable music listening in the evening without disturbing my neighbours. The current setting of ‘You have one message’ bellows out, disturbing me and my neighbours.
I don’t like any sound I couldn’t turn off…
ax
Hate it.
In fact, it is actually annoying enough to prevent my participating on the site. I am not kidding.
If this sort of hack is going to be implemented, it should be controllable by the user – that is, selected as a part of his or her preferences.
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Them’s fightin’ words!
Let me just take out my dentures before I whip your wrinkled butt!!! :shock: