<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
      xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"
      type="topic" style="task"
      id="sound-alert">

  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="media#sound"/>

    <revision version="gnome:40" date="2021-02-26" status="candidate"/>
    <revision version="gnome:42" status="final" date="2022-02-26"/>

    <credit type="author">
      <name>Shaun McCance</name>
      <email>shaunm@gnome.org</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="editor">
      <name>Michael Hill</name>
      <email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="editor">
      <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
      <email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>

    <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>

    <desc>Choose the sound to play for messages, set the alert volume, or
    disable alert sounds.</desc>
  </info>

  <title>Choose or disable the alert sound</title>

  <p>Your computer will play a simple alert sound for certain types of messages
  and events. You can choose different sound clips for alerts, set the alert
  volume independently of your system volume, or disable alert sounds
  entirely.</p>

  <steps>
    <item>
      <p>Open the <gui xref="shell-introduction#activities">Activities</gui> overview and
      start typing <gui>Sound</gui>.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Click on <gui>Sound</gui> to open the panel.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>In the <gui>Sounds</gui> section, click on <gui>Alert Sound</gui>.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Select an alert sound. Each
      sound will play when you click on it so you can hear how it sounds.</p>
    </item>
  </steps>

  <p>To change the volume of the alert sound, return to the <gui>Sounds</gui> section,
  click <gui>Volume Levels</gui> and adjust the <gui>System Sounds</gui> slider.
  Click the speaker button next to the slider to mute or unmute the alert sound.
  This will not affect the volume of your music, movies, or other sound files.</p>

</page>
