Adding and editing a Text-To-Speech Action
This action plays a text-to-speech message on your computer.
: The Desktop Actions application must be running for the Text to Speech action to work.
If you want to bring the text-to-speech action sound to a Windows 2003 or Windows 2008 server class remote desktop (RDP) system, you need to enable audio mapping for the remote system's Terminal Services Configuration. To do this:
1. In Windows, click , in the Run dialog type TSCC.msc
, then click .
2. In the folder, double-click . The RDP-TCP Properties dialog appears.
3. Select the tab, then click to clear thecheck box. When enabled, the text-to-speech action sound only plays on the remote desktop system.
To add a Text to Speech action:
- From the WhatsUp Gold web interface, go to . The Action Library appears.
- Click . The Select Action Type dialog appears.
- Select , then click . The New Text to Speech Action dialog appears.
- Enter or select the appropriate information:
- . Enter a unique name for the action. This name displays in the Action Library.
- . (Optional) Enter additional information about the action. This description displays next to the action in the Action Library.
- . Select how fast the voice speaks the message.
- . Select the volume of the message.
- . Enter any text message you want audibly repeated. You can use your own text in addition to percent variables.
- Click to save changes.
: To check the status of an action, or to cancel an action, in the WhatsUp Gold console go to .
To edit an existing Text to Speech action:
- From the WhatsUp Gold web interface, go to . The Action Library dialog appears.
- Select the action you would like to edit, then click . The Edit Text to Speech Action dialog appears.
- Enter or select the appropriate information:
- . Enter a unique name for the action. This name displays in the Action Library.
- . (Optional) Enter additional information about the action. This description displays next to the action in the Action Library.
- . Select how fast the voice speaks the message.
- . Select the volume of the message.
- . Enter any text message you want audibly repeated. You can use your own text in addition to percent variables.
- Click to save changes.
: To check the status of an action, or to cancel an action, in the WhatsUp Gold console go to .