# Audio email alerts

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audio-email-alerts/722745>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 17, 2015, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audio-email-alerts/722745 "2015-06-17T13:45:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![sara20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@sara20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sara20)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audio-email-alerts/722745/1 "2015-06-17T13:45:20Z")

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Are there any email sites that will make a sound when you get a new email if you leave the site open?

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**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audio-email-alerts/722745/2 "2015-06-17T13:52:51Z")

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I don’t know of an email client that doesn’t, or of a web-based client that does.

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audio-email-alerts/722745/3 "2015-06-17T14:55:03Z")

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The problem is turning the sound off, not turning it on.

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**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audio-email-alerts/722745/4 "2015-06-17T15:20:55Z")

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Not that I know of, but that could probably be done with a browser extension. What operating system are you using, and what browser? If not Chrome, are you willing to switch to Chrome?