# Notification sound when simulation done? [duplicate]

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I need to do something else while waiting for a long simulation to complete instead of sitting there watching the simulation to complete the whole 'Evaluate Notebook' process.

Thank You

• Look up EmitSound[]. – J. M.'s technical difficulties Nov 16 '12 at 17:46
• – chris Nov 16 '12 at 18:11
• I'm not sure I agree this is an exact duplicate. The answers here wouldn't have been adequate for the supposed duplicate question. – Andy Ross Nov 16 '12 at 19:42

I'd do something like this.

Pause[5];
Speak["Done Pausing for 5 Seconds"]

• In reality I'd have it say something much sexier but that's up to you :) – Andy Ross Nov 16 '12 at 17:52
• ...now, how do I configure Mathematica to use a "bedroom voice"... >:) – J. M.'s technical difficulties Nov 16 '12 at 17:58
• @J.M. Just pretend she's from Vulcan. – Andy Ross Nov 16 '12 at 17:59
• Hi @Andy Ross, yes please let me know how to make it smoother, possible to change pitch etc of voice? – sebastian c. Nov 16 '12 at 18:18
• This is what I've actually been doing recently :) – Szabolcs Nov 16 '12 at 18:51

You could set the notebook, global, or cell level option "EvaluationCompletionAction" to "Beep"

I'd be inclined to use something like this:

Monitor[
Do[Pause[0.2], {i, 50}],
If[Mod[i, 10] == 0, Speak[ToString[2 i] <> " percent done"]]; i
]

• This is awesome! I replaced the last i with a ProgressIndicator on a Dynamic counter variable, it's wonderful! – Ziofil Feb 17 '15 at 4:04