Tip for: 04.06.15April 6th, 2015; Updated on December 2nd, 2019

Uh oh! Do some of Alexandria’s sounds not quite fit your style? You have the power of change!

How-to Video: Uh Oh! Changing Sounds to Fit Your Style

Last Updated: 03-17-15, Alexandria 7.14.3 / 6.22.7

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Sounds are useful to let you know what’s going on, especially when you may not be in front of the screen (e.g. when you're doing an inventory with a wireless scanner). By default, Alexandria has particular sounds assigned to particular actions or errors. For example, each action or error, such as patron alerts, maximum checked-out items, and inventory exceptions, and more. If But if you want patron alerts to announce themselves with an uh ohan Uh Oh or Ta-Da!, you can do so.

Customize Sounds

1. Open Preferences.
2. In the Configuration category, click on Sounds.
   Here, you can customize sounds for any of these occurrences. Use the drop-down menu to choose a sound, and click on the speaker icon to preview the currently-selected sound.
3. Save the preference.

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Disable Sounds

1. Open Preferences.
2. In the Configuration category, click on Sounds.
3. Uncheck the Enable Librarian Sounds boxUncheck the box Enable Librarian Sounds.
4. Save the preference.

Now you can Sounds are useful to let you know what’s going on, especially when you may not be in front of the screen, for example if you are inventorying with a wireless scanner.So, change the sounds to fit your style, and let it be music to your ears.