Enabling Sound notification allows the host to play sound when someone joins or leaves a scheduled meeting with video turned on. If the sound notification is disabled, no sound will be played when someone joins or leaves the meeting.
This article covers:
Prerequisites for enabling sound notifications for meetings
Enabling Sound notification
Account
- Sign in to the Zoom web portal.
- From the navigation panel, select Account Management then Account Settings.
- Click the Meeting tab.
- To enable Sound notification when someone joins or leaves, click the toggle. In the popup window, click Enable.
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In Play sound for, select one of the following:
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Everyone: The chime sound can be heard by the host and all participants in the meeting.
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Note: The host and participants will hear a chime and telephone recording regardless of their audio device (computer or telephone audio).
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Host and co-hosts: The chime sound can only be heard by the host or co-hosts of the meeting.
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Note: The host will only hear the telephone recording if they're also using telephone audio. If the host is using computer audio, they will hear a chime sound instead.
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When someone joins by phone, select Ask to record their voice to use as the notification: Participants that join by telephone can record their name. This telephone recording will be played back to the host and participants depending on the settings above:
- Click Save.
- (Optional) If you want to make this setting mandatory for all members of the entire account, click the lock icon
and in the Lock "Sound notification when someone joins or leaves" pop-up window, click Lock .
Group
- Sign in to the Zoom web portal.
- From the navigation panel, select User Management then Group Management.
- Select the desired group.
- Click the Meeting tab.
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To enable Sound notification when someone joins or leaves, click the toggle. In the popup window, click Enable.
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In Play sound for, select one of the following:
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Everyone: The chime sound can be heard by the host and all participants in the meeting.
-
Note: The host and participants will hear a chime and telephone recording regardless of their audio device (computer or telephone audio).
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Host and co-hosts: The chime sound can only be heard by the host or co-hosts of the meeting.
-
Note: The host will only hear the telephone recording if they're also using telephone audio. If the host is using computer audio, they will hear a chime sound instead.
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When someone joins by phone, select Ask to record their voice to use as the notification: Participants that join by telephone can record their name. This telephone recording will be played back to the host and participants depending on the settings above:
- Click Save.
- (Optional) If you want to make this setting mandatory for all members of the entire group, click the lock icon
and in the Lock "Sound notification when someone joins or leaves" pop-up window, click Lock .
User
- Sign in to the Zoom web portal.
- From the navigation panel, select Settings.
- Click the Meeting tab.
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To enable Sound notification when someone joins or leaves, click the toggle.
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In Play sound for, select one of the following:
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Everyone: The chime sound can be heard by the host and all participants in the meeting.
-
Note: The host and participants will hear a chime and telephone recording regardless of their audio device (computer or telephone audio).
-
Host and co-hosts: The chime sound can only be heard by the host or co-hosts of the meeting.
-
Note: The host will only hear the telephone recording if they're also using telephone audio. If the host is using computer audio, they will hear a chime sound instead.
-
When someone joins by phone, select Ask to record their voice to use as the notification: Participants that join by telephone can record their name. This telephone recording will be played back to the host and participants depending on the settings above:
- Click Save.
Note:
- If Sound notification when someone joins or leaves disabled,
contact your account administrator.