> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.solidyne.ar/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # BotNews > Breaking news automation ## General Concepts **BotNews** is a powerful on-air news report manager and generator, designed for stations with a high level of **automation**. * Works **autonomously**, without operator intervention.\ Interrupts programming to broadcast a news block and then resumes transmission adjusting timing. * Supports playback of **remotely sent audio files**. * Uses **text-to-speech (TTS)** and **AI-generated** voices to read remotely sent texts. * Generates its own reports based on **predefined topics** through **web syndication (RSS)**, which are read on-air by virtual voices. During automated programming (AutoDJ), BotNews monitors for incoming **remote news**.\ When a news item arrives, it is **immediately** scheduled for broadcast, with opener, separators and closer. News files can be received from **synchronized FTP folders** or email attachments through **AUDICOM WebTools** functions. To avoid interrupting commercial breaks, BotNews evaluates the **remaining time of the current title**: * Only inserts the news if there are **more than 25 seconds** left to finish. Additionally, there is a **confirmation time** before validating a file as suitable: * Default: **30 seconds** (configurable). * This allows a journalist to modify or replace a file, for example, in telephone recordings or FTP transfers. BotNews was **not** designed to be used while the **On-Air Screen** is in a **LIVE** block. *** ## Screen and Configuration The module is manually launched from the **"+"** menu in the toolbar.\ When started, the following window appears: Au Bot News Pn * **News source directory**:\ Up to **4 system folders** can be defined as news sources. * If not needed, leave fields empty. * Recommended to keep them within the **AUDICOM** folder. * Can be local or network folders (`UNC`). Broadcasted files are moved to the `\Audicom\Audio\OldNews` folder, renamed as: DayOfWeek\_Hour\_Minute.wav This prevents them from being rebroadcast. If the source folder is on a network drive, **write permission** is required. Otherwise, the news will loop and be scheduled indefinitely. * **Opening**: File played before the report.\ Must be in the **source folder** and included with full name and extension.\ If left empty, it won't play even if it exists. * **News**: Allows defining a **filter** to select news files.\ Example: urgent\*.mp3 Only files whose name begins with "urgent" will be scheduled. * **Announcer**: Defines the **system voice** that will read the texts. * The field on the right adjusts the **attenuation in dB** for background music. * **Back music**: Audio loop used as **background** for read news. * **Closing**: File played after the news (same logic as Opening). * **Safe Time**:\ Wait time (in minutes) before validating a newly generated news item. * Useful when a journalist needs to **review, confirm or re-record** a story. *** ## Main Controls * **Start**: Activates BotNews in the background. * When it detects and validates a news item, it inserts a **PAUSE** in CyberPlay after the currently playing title. * When that title ends, BotNews emerges in the On-Air Screen and plays the news block. * Once finished, AUDICOM resumes programming adjusting timing. Broadcasted files are moved to `\Audicom\Audio\OldNews` and are also recorded in the **broadcast logs**. * **Play**:\ Allows during configuration to **preview** TTS voices and adjust background music level. * **Stop**:\ Interrupts current audio playback or TTS reading. The BotNews module supports **Autorun** mode.\ If this is enabled in AUDICOM (General Configuration Panel), BotNews will automatically activate if, after launching it, no operation is performed within one minute.