SoundAr for Android

11 things about SoundAr

1. It provides support for Sounds only in its basic distribution, so you will not be able to trigger Scripts or similar on the customisable Events, you can either choose an own Sound or you can just enable an Event and SoundAr will speak to you about what happens… This might be an odd solution for front applications but there are some events that are running in background and thats a way to be notified once they happen or finish.

2. Important Note: Whenever you choose a Sound File, keep in mind that some Events may happen often so keep every Sound as short as possible, imagine the default MacOS Sound Effects as an idea, so don’t attempt to play a 3 min Audio File whenever something happens or you will hate it after 5 minutes … There are various other Approaches for this kind of Situations but if you want a simple way to just trigger a Sound instead of messing with Stuff like Shell or Applescripts.

3. SoundAr is a MacOS Application to add the ability to trigger Sound Effects like you know from Trash Empty to other Events in the System as well, It was designed to play well with the latest OSX Versions and also add some events that are either poorly supported or weren’t provided by other Applications till now.

4. Important Note: Soundar will need to be able to read your Music and Movies Folder due iTunes Library Data, this is needed to get Informations about your Podcast Playlist Status to be able to track this Playlist for unwatched/unplayed Status changes.

5. Click on the yellow SoundAr Icon and choose "Open Settings" to setup your desired Events and Sounds, that's all.

6. SoundAr also supports "Do not disturb" Settings from MacOS, you can choose which event shale aware of this Setting.

7. SoundAr is running silently in background inside your Status Bar near the Clock in the top right corner and waits for your Events you have chosen.

8. SoundAr has now the ability to respect your "Do not disturb" Settings either by time or by manual activation, and not completely, you can specify this for each Event individually.

9. - SoundAr can also alert you of low Battery States for Magic Mouse, Keyboard and Trackpad and if you connect your Mouse for charging, you get a live preview of the charging state.

10. With SoundAr you can add Space change Notifications to be able to see on which Space you are.

11. Unfortunately, this is how Apple wants this to work, you will not be asked or have to do anything, its just for your Knowledge.