How to send audio message on Slack

1. Under the Event section, choose the Scheduler by Quickwork app from the drop-down menu in the Apps list present right below the New Trigger button.
   
2. Select the trigger event, New scheduled event, from the drop-down menu in the Triggers list.
3. Set the Interval as per your choice based on how often you want to run the journey.
4. Set the date and time of your choice in the Start at field and keep the Custom payload field empty.
   
   

Configuring Google Text-to-Speech action

1. Under the Steps section, click on the Simple Action button and then choose the Google Text-to-Speech app from the drop-down menu in the Apps list.
2. Select the Text synthesize action from the drop-down menu in the Actions list.
3. Click on Link an account to connect your Google account. If you have already connected, select an existing account.
4. Upon successful connection establishment, input fields will open up for you.
5. In the Text input field, specify the text that you want to get converted into audio. For example, Hello, how are you?
6. Select the audio language of your choice from the Language drop-down menu.
7. Similarly, select the Gender of the voice.
   
   

Configuring Slack action

1. Click the  + icon, click  Simple Action, and then select Slack app from the drop-down menu in the Apps field.
2. Select the Send message to a user action from the drop-down menu in the Actions field.
3. Click on Link an account to authorize your Slack account or select an existing connection.
4. Upon successful connection establishment, input fields will open up for you.
5. In the Username input field, select the name of a user to whom you want to send the voice message.
6. For the Message field, use the Url data pill from the Data Tree Output of the Google Text-to-Speech | Text synthesize action.
   
   
   
7. Set Send the message as a user or a bot? to Yes to send the message on your behalf instead of as a bot. If left empty, no message will be sent.
   
   

Executing the journey

1. Save the journey by clicking the Save & Start button.
2. Open your Slack account and navigate to the chat window of the user specified in the Slack action.
3. The audio file (.mp3) will appear as a message. 

4. Open the file in a browser tab to listen to the audio of your text message.

Your text has been successfully converted to audio and sent to your selected Slack user as a voice message.