Personal Alarm and Custom Chime

The personal alarm can be set for any time, using any future date.

As long as both the computer and JAWS For Windows are running, when the alarm is designated to activate, a message window will pop up using the message you specified when the alarm was created. An optional default alarm sound, or an unlimited number of custom alarm sounds, can also be assigned to each alarm individually.  

• Open the alarm menu: Insert+Shift+A
  The alarm menu will contain the following options:
  1. Add new alarm: (Creates a new alarm for future use)
  2. Review and remove active alarms: (Displays another menu with all of the active alarms currently listed)
• Specify a new alarm sound: Insert+Shift+`
  The ` (Graveaccent) key is directly above the tab key. This script is most useful when browsing files using Windows Explorer. Just select the sound file you would like to use as the new alarm sound, then press Insert+Shift+`. The file path should then be automatically arranged for confirmation.  

The custom chime is great for marking the passage of time with an auditory signal, a time announcement, or a series of auditory signals and time announcements. For example, the chime can be set to sound at the beginning of every hour, every half hour, or every quarter hour; Custom time intervals can also be set.

• Open the Chime Menu: Insert+Control+`
  The chime menu will contain the following options:
  1. Chime every hour: (Chimes at the start of every hour.)
  2. Chime every half hour: (Chimes every 30 minutes from the start of the hour.)
  3. Chime every quarter hour: (Chimes every 15 minutes from the start of the hour.)
  4. Add custom chime value: (Adds a new custom time interval for the chime.)
  5. Review and remove custom chime values: (Displays and removes the selected time interval value.)
  6. Disable chime: (Deactivates all chime intervals and accompanying sounds.)
  7. Review and remove custom chime sounds: (Removes any custom chime sounds that were added using the Insert+Control+Shift+` hotkey.)
  8. Only play chime: (Only activates the chime sound.)
  9. Announce system time with chime: (Announces the time and activates the chime sound.)
  10. Only announce the system chime: (Only announces the time.)
• Specify a new chime sound: Insert+Control+Shift+`
  The ` (Graveaccent) key is directly above the tab key. This script is most useful when browsing files using Windows Explorer. Just select the sound file you would like to use as the new chime sound, then press Insert+Control+Shift+`. The file path should then be automatically arranged for confirmation.  

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Requires JAWS For Windows.