Public Announcement System on computer

[WGSquallx2002]

Has anyone had experience with software on Windows 7 or OS X that can serve as a public announcement system with feature to play pre-recorded announcements on a time schedule? This would be used in a small office environment. Thank you.

 

[Neutrino]

... unless you have very complex needs a few lines of code can do it

here is how to do it in PowerShell (we can do it in c# if you would prefer)

both methods will play in a loop that will pause using the start-sleep command (change how many seconds to pause)

the first method will play a *.wav file (change the path to your .wav file)

$sound = new-Object System.Media.SoundPlayer;

do {

    
    $sound.SoundLocation="C:\Windows\Media\chimes.wav";
    $sound.Play();

    Start-Sleep -Seconds 5

}
while($true)

second method will synthesize a text into voice (modify the text with your own announcement)

Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Speech
$synth = New-Object -TypeName System.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer

$text2Voice = @"
This is a sample announcement
Other stuff
"@

do {
    
    $synth.Speak($text2Voice)

    Start-Sleep -Seconds 5
}
while ($true)

let me know if you need any customization or help setting it up