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# Sound Systems Announcements
Learn how to send announcements from Command on your desktop, the Command mobile app, or a Verkada Desk Station.
Announcements let you broadcast audio messages from Command to Verkada speakers and connected audio systems in specific spaces or zones.
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You must have at least Audio Site Operator permissions for a given site to send audio announcements.
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## Send Announcements
### Command web
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**In Verkada Command, go to All Products > Speakers.**
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**On the left navigation, click Sites.**
1. Click your site.
2. On the right, click **Go to Site.**
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**On the left navigation, select Announce.**
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**Choose how to create your announcement:**
* **Voice Recording:** Record your message.
* **Text-to-Speech:** Type your message.
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**(Optional) Click** :gear-complex: **to choose from different voice options:**
* Click  to preview your announcement
* Select up to 12 languages to translate the announcement into
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Translated announcements play sequentially in the order you selected them.
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**Click Announce to play.**
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### Command mobile
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**Open the Verkada Command app.**
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**In the top left, tap**  **> Speakers.**
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**Select a site.**
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**In the top right, tap**  **Home >**  **Announce.**
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**Choose how to create your announcement:**
* **Voice Recording:** Record your message.
* **Text-to-Speech:** Type your message.
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**(Optional) Tap** :gear-complex: **to choose from different voice options:**
* Tap to preview your announcement.
* Select up to 12 languages to translate the announcement into.
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Translated announcements play sequentially in the order you selected them.
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**Click Announce to play.**
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### Desk Station
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Add an Announcement tile before you can send announcements from a Desk Station. See [Sound Systems Desk Station Integration](/sound-systems/configuration/sound-systems-desk-station-integration.md) for more information.
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**Open the Verkada Desk Station app.**
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**Select the Announcement tile and choose one of the following options:**
* **Voice recording:** Record your message.
* **Text-To-Speech:** Type your message.
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**(Optional) Click** :gear-complex: **to choose from different voice options:**
* Click to preview your announcement.
* Select up to 12 languages to translate the announcement into.
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Translated announcements play sequentially in the order you selected them.
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**Click Announce to play.**
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