[Gllug] Yoof got mail

[Jose Luis Martinez]

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 1:59 PM, David L Neil Mailing list a/c
<GLLUG at getaroundtoit.co.uk> wrote:
> Is a PC's built-in speaker able to produce sound at frequencies above
> the capacity of the average adult, but within that of a young person, to
> hear - and are such 'you got mail' messages available on the web?
>
>
> I have a client whose staff claims they are being driven nuts by a young
> chap who wants an email alert message broadcast upon receipt. He wasn't
> too happy with my suggestion of using a visual pop-up reminder instead,
> but even 'turning it down' hasn't satisfied the old codgers (ie
> thirty-plus).
>
> Apparently 'the kids at school' had a wheeze of a cell phone ring tone
> which ran only at a high frequency - and thus they were able to receive
> SMS even after the teacher/school had banned such, simply because they
> could hear the clarion call whereas the adults remained oblivious...
>
> He asks, as if I have ANY IDEA, if such a thing can be done on a PC? I
> wouldn't have thought that the little utility-beep speaker would be so
> responsive (and he doesn't (yet) have any external MM speakers and nor
> is the boss (currently) of a mood to add them given the current
> atmosphere of complaint...). Does this make the remotest amount of sense
> or am I sleepless in Seattle? Anyone know anything about such frivolities?
>
> Ok, does that remind you that this is Friday!
> Borrowing a Meg Ryan video for the weekend is a sure fire...


What about bluetooth?

One could script something to be sent via bluetooth to the chap's
phone, which then would vibrate.
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