I am usin OWA in default Brave.
I have mail arrival sound notif similar to standard Windows sound.
I would like to customize it.
May be you can suggest where and what file I have to replace.
Thx.
When it is a Web application, I would think that this isn't a local thing of Your Machine what You can adjust because it comes from this Web Service. But maybe I'm wrong and someone can give You an Advice.
possible... this lines I found on M$ site:
When a new message arrives in Outlook for Windows, a short sound plays. The sound can be turned off or changed to any .wav audio file on your computer.
But other sources (AI search) saing it's anyway system sound. May be others have some tip.
Thx.
Using the Web app, it uses the default sound embedded in the Outlook Web App itself (controlled by Microsoft's servers). It is not a local file stored on your system.
It is technically possible to change it, by employing browser extensions to intercept, then hijack the notification, mute the sound, then replace it. I wouldn't.
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Does the documentation show an example on how to this by any chance? What I understand from this is you can upload a file from your computer, rather than accessing files from your computer directly.
PWA's are just websites, wrapped in a nice box to make them seem like native apps in your desktop. But they are still limited by the same sandbox that browsers have.
That said, I did find a project that might be able to help with this:
https://gitlab.com/dbazile/gaudible/-/blob/main/gaudible.py
I gave it a quick test run and, well, it works. However, this would change the notification of the browser itself and not just this one website/PWA. This is where @Aravisian might have a better eye than me, since it uses dbus-monitor and I'm not sure how far can you refine it.
The other problem is that it needs a little tweaking. This is a Python script, with no graphical interface to make configure it.
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Thanks to all... I believe it not worth the efforts. Finally the original is not bad at all.
Simply I had an habit for a custom notif in Outlook 2019 on Windows.
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Interesting that OWA has this. During lockdown, my workplace used Outlook 365 which has no notification sound and having searched the usual MS 'help' channel, the official response was it would never happen. Because of this I did not pick up an email request sent to me at 9.10 a.m. didn't get read until almost lunch time which led me to purchase a second monitor, purely to have Outlook 365 showing on the right-hand screen. I later learned how to obtain both incoming and outgoing settings for Outlook 365. The School's IT Department had placed a mask over the settings page but a click of the mouse removed it! I then took a screenshot and entered the settings in Evolution which used the PCcs built-in tiny speaker that beeped on the arrival of mail so an escape from having to use Outlook 365 as a Web App.
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