How to add a speaking welcome message to your computer?

Have you ever wanted to hear a welcoming voice from your computer when you log into it just like you see in the movies? Would not it be cool if your computer welcomes you in a beautiful voice whenever you log in to your PC? Yes, absolutely. I also like to have fun with the small tweaks in my PC. So how will you make this happen? 

How your computer will speak? Well, I will show you a small trick using which you can make your computer welcome you at the start up. We will use a simple vb script to do this thing. Let me tell you that, this trick will be applied only on Windows computers, i.e. running Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 operating systems. Unfortunately this will not work on machines running a Linux flavor. So, let’s move on with the tutorial.

Method I : Downloading the small .vbs file.

·         I have created one vb script file which is ready for you. You can download the .vbs file from here.

·         After downloading, locate the downloaded file and open it with Notepad by right clicking on it and selecting Open With > Notepad.

·         You have to do a minor change in the script

·         Replace the text “Welcome message” with your desired welcome message like Hello or Good morning or Good day or anything you want to hear from your computer and in place of “YourName”, write your real name and save the file.

Alternative Way : Creating your own .vbs file.

1.       Open any text editor like Notepad, Wordpad or Notepad++.

2.       Copy and Paste the following code to your text editor.

---

Dim message, talk

message="Welcome Message, YourName"

Set talk=CreateObject("sapi.spvoice")
talk.Speak message

---

3

.       Save the file by clicking on File>Save as  . Give any name in File Name and select All Files(*.*) in Save as Type tab. Give a .vbs extension to the file. E.g. Welcome.vbs.

Now your primary work is complete. Now you have to place the file you have just created to its appropriate place. If you are using a Windows XP operating system, then navigate to the path : C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup  or if you are using a Windows Vista or Windows 7 operating system then navigate to

C:\Users\ YourUserName\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup.  I am assuming that C is your system drive. If not, then replace C with your system drive letter and replace ‘YourUserName’ with your computer user name. Copy and paste the file you have downloaded or you have just created. Now you are done. The next time you start your PC, it will welcome you with its mechanical female voice along with your name. To check, you can reboot your computer.

For best result, you can change the sound scheme of your computer to ‘No Sounds’. To do so, follow these things:

If you are using a Windows XP system:

      Go to Control Panel.

      Switch to Classic View.

      Click on Sound and Audio Devices.

      Click on the Sounds tab.

      In the Sound Scheme option, select ‘No Sound’.

      Click Ok to save.

If you are using a Windows Vista or Windows 7 PC:

      Go to Control Panel.

      Click on Hardware and Sound.

      Then Click on Sound. Another window opens.

      Click on Sounds tab.

      Select ‘No Sounds’ from Sound Scheme option.

      Apply and press Ok.

You are done. Enjoy.