Too many notifications? Here's a handy help!

First thing first, I'm writing this post using blogger's android app on my nexus 7. Input method: SwiftKey tablet.

Now the issue at hand: I have configured so many things on my phone and tablet. Gmail. Gtalk. Facebook. Foursquare. Corporate email. Battery apps. And - who - knows - what - else! With the  default notification sound,  it was really difficult managing the notifications all my apps give. So I manually configured a different notification sound for different app. Smart, eh?

But who remembers which sound for which app? I hear a ding, assume it's a Facebook notification and decide to check it later. It turns out to be an important email I was expecting. My phone buzzes loud, I rush to it thinking its battery is dying; but it's screaming because Flipkart's shared a post with me on Google plus. Damn it!

So what to do in order to solve this menace? One way is to record the notification app names in your own voice and assign them appropriately. But that's too mainstream; at least for me. What I do is I create such voice clips in MP3 format using the TTS capabilities of different websites, download them and use as I like. So many various websites offer you this feature. Googling for "text to speech" should help. My personal favourite is Listen (ctrlq.org/listen). It lets you create free voice clips.

So I have solved my problem. I'd love to hear your views. Cheers!