Droid: Change SMS/Email sounds?

[DjArcadian]

Is there a setting or App that allows me to change the sound that plays when I receive either an SMS or Email? I'd rather the phone say "Text Message Received" rather than just beep. Same for the email notification.

[extorian]

You don't actually need an app for that.

To change the email notification sound, go to Menu -> Settings -> Sound and Display -> Notification Ringtone, and set it.

To change the SMS notification sound, go to Messages -> Menu -> Settings -> Select Ringtone.

I can also highly recommend the app Missed Call. It allows you to set the LED colour and flash rate, the vibrate pattern, the ringtone, for calls, messages, calendar notifications, etc, and have different settings for calls/messages from different contacts. However, it can't change any of that for emails, but you could use it to set your SMS notifications to something really customised.

[PhilMize]

You don't actually need an app for that.
I can also highly recommend the app Missed Call. It allows you to set the LED colour and flash rate, the vibrate pattern, the ringtone, for calls, messages, calendar notifications, etc, and have different settings for calls/messages from different contacts. However, it can't change any of that for emails, but you could use it to set your SMS notifications to something really customised.

I'm downloading that, sounds awesome. Thanx for the heads up!

[Vimes]

http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f...install-28305/

Some info in that thread should help you out. Each application usually has a notification setting, where you can select the ring tone to be used. I found a batch of talking notifications a couple of years ago, that I transfer from phone to phone, and modify as required, however there seem to be wider variety now available, just google for talking ringtones or you can use the following link to make your own. You will need to edit the wave file in something like Audacity to add the initial alarm tone, but that's fairly easy to do.

http://www2.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php

[DjArcadian]

Can I import custom tones? I'd like text messages to simple say "Text Message" .

[extorian]

Yes.

There's a program many of us use called Rings Extended. Basically, whenever you choose a tone for anything (ringtone, notification tone, etc) it'll ask you if you want to use one of the Android System tones, or a Rings Extended tone. If you click Rings Extended, then it'll allow you to choose any compatible audio file (e.g. MP3) anywhere on the SD card.

[DjArcadian]

Yes.

There's a program many of us use called Rings Extended. Basically, whenever you choose a tone for anything (ringtone, notification tone, etc) it'll ask you if you want to use one of the Android System tones, or a Rings Extended tone. If you click Rings Extended, then it'll allow you to choose any compatible audio file (e.g. MP3) anywhere on the SD card.

Thanks. So this begs the question. Where can I download an MP3 that says "Text Message Received" or something similar?

[extorian]

You've got me there...

However there is are "You've got mail!" type MP3s from the 1998 film starring Tom Hanks all over the place. Maybe you can find a similar text message one on the same kind of websites.

LOL - imagine hearing "You've got mail!" these days every time you get a new spam.

[Vimes]

Just go to this website:

http://www2.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php

Select an appropriate voice and enter in the required message. Select Speak to test it out and then Download the wav file. You can either convert it to MP3 or just use the .wav directly, either way copy the file to your SD card in a top level folder named "notifications". That file is then visible in the selection of the notification ringtone.

[extorian]

Thanks for that link! I imagined there would be something like that when I wrote my previous reply, but I was (stupidly) looking for an Android app that did TTS to MP3 rather than an online service.