Beep tone to get users attention

Belyache · Post by **Belyache** » 2004-10-06 18:22

Hi Guys:

Is it possible to include in a future release, the option to send a sound (wav, or otherwise) to get the users attention? Even a PC speaker beep would be fine.

I just had to sit and wait for a user to respond to my chat session. I finally had to call her and ask for her help.... because she was eating her lunch and not looking at her monitor.

Thanks,

Glenn

bevtech · Post by **bevtech** » 2005-10-22 17:30

Thank you for your request, it will be taken under consideration.
Always try the Newest Stable version before posting to the feature request forum..

OhMyGoat · Post by **OhMyGoat** » 2005-10-23 05:36

maybe a "messenger-like" chat sound when a new message is received would be better. or maybe that nice messenger function that plays a sound and makes the windows shaking. if you know c++ you can just add a playsound when a message is received in the server sources.

retepv · Post by **retepv** » 2005-11-16 23:20

You might try opening cmd.exe and type in:

echo [ctrl-g]

Where [ctrl-g] is the control key together with a g. The result will be:

C:\>echo ^G

If you press enter, the remote machine should beep.

To really catch someone's attention, use a few ^G's like:

C:\>echo ^G^G^G^G^G^G^G^G^G^G^G^G^G^G^G^G^G^G^G

It's just a workaround, and I haven't tried it myself yet, but I think it'll work.

Cunk · Post by **Cunk** » 2005-12-07 07:02

Or if you REALLY want to get their attention, record yourself saying something like "HEY, <insert user's name>! Put down that sandwich and pay attention!", transfer the file to their machine, play it using WMP, and hope they have their speakers on.