Sonnounce

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Description of App

Send announcements to the Sonos speakers in your house – in your own voice.

Pick the speakers you want, hold the button down while you talk, and let go. The announcement plays right away.

While the announcement plays, the music is turned down, and afterwards it comes back up. The announcement itself plays at the volume the speaker is already set to.

NO ACCOUNT. NO CLOUD. NO SUBSCRIPTION.
The app talks directly to the speakers on your own network. The sound is recorded on the phone, and the speaker fetches it from there. Your voice never leaves the house.

An announcement can be up to five minutes long.

CHOOSE YOUR OWN SOUND
A short sound plays before the announcement, so everyone knows something is coming. Choose between the standard sound and 20 others – from bells and a gong to a cow, a rooster and a couple of farts – or turn the sound off.

FROM YOUR WRIST
With Apple Watch you can record an announcement straight from your wrist. The watch passes it on through your iPhone.

SHORTCUTS
Type a text in Shortcuts, and the phone reads it aloud on your speakers. It is read aloud in the language the app is set to. Use it in automations, for example when dinner is ready or when someone rings the doorbell. You can also have the most recent announcement repeated.

AWAY FROM HOME
With a Homey or Home Assistant you can send announcements home even when you are out. The app finds them by itself when you are at home, with no login. This requires Sonnounce to be installed on your Homey or in your Home Assistant as well. If you have several homes, each with its own Homey or Home Assistant, the speakers from all of them are in the same list. If you have a VPN to your home, you can also send announcements that way.

SAVE THE ANNOUNCEMENTS
With a Homey or Home Assistant you can save every announcement sent in the house. They are kept in one place at home – not in the cloud – and you can download them to your iPhone.

Requires Sonos speakers on the same Wi-Fi as the phone.

Version

2.2

Free or Paid

Free

Device(s) App Was Tested On

iPhone
iPad
Mac

iOS Version

27.2

Accessibility Comments

Sonnounce is fully accessible with VoiceOver. All buttons and controls are clearly labelled, and the send button works with a VoiceOver double tap and hold: hold, speak your message, and let go to send it. The developer is blind and uses VoiceOver himself, and it shows. The app is simple and easy to navigate.

VoiceOver Performance

VoiceOver reads all page elements.

Button Labeling

All buttons are clearly labeled.

Usability

The app is fully accessible with VoiceOver and is easy to navigate and use.

Other Comments

Sonnounce lets you send spoken announcements to your Sonos speakers in your own voice. You can send to all speakers or to individual rooms. The music is turned down while the message plays and restored afterwards, and you can set a fixed volume for announcements. There are Shortcuts actions, so it works with Siri and automations. It works with all Sonos speakers, including older S1 systems. No account is needed, and everything stays on your local network. Also available for Mac and Apple Watch.

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