You can enable announcements and select the voice used through the Announcement settings. The Announcement selection settings then control which events are announced.
Priority of Announcements
The possible announcements are grouped into four categories. When multiple events occur at the same time, the priority below is applied to how the announcements are played. For example: If playing a phone status message and a system error occurs, it ends the phone status message and plays the system error message. After it plays the system error message, it resumes playing the phone status message.
•System status: High
•Call events: High
•Phone status: Medium
•Screen navigation: Low
To configure which events are announced:
1.In the notification area, right-click the icon and select Settings.
2.Select Announcements selection.
3.Select the options that you want to the system to announce.
Field |
Description |
System status |
Announces system status events that you select such as System errors, and System notifications. |
Phone status |
Announces phone status that you select such as Phone extension, Forward on busy, Forward on no answer, Forward all, Forward hunt group calls, Forward number, Redirected number, Do not disturb, Do not disturb overrides, Voicemail enabled, Voicemail ring back enabled, Number of unread messages, External calls prohibited, Absent message ID, Absent message displayed, Absent text, Ring time before no answer, Log in code configured. |
Call events |
Announces call events that you select such as New incoming call, Call from, On hold, Retrieve, Call Answered, Hangup, Outgoing call, Line is idle, Call transferred, Conference started, and Call status. |
Screen navigation |
Announces screen navigation actions such as Entering exiting screens and menu, and Check box focus and value change. |
4.Click OK.