# Speaker
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**COPY/PASTE PARAMETERS**
New in GM 0.11! Right click on a behaviour or component to copy. Then open an object, add the same behaviour or component, and right click it to paste identical parameter settings.
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**GAME MAKER 0.11 - COLLISIONS UPDATE**
Collisions will be automatically removed from objects when **\[SP] Speaker** is applied due to inconsistent physics in multiplayer from the **Look at Target** option rotating assets in multiplayer Experiences. There are two approaches to working around this change:
* Change the **\[SP] Speaker** component to **\[MP]**, keeping in mind that it will behave differently in multiplayer Experiences.
* Keep the **\[SP] Speaker** component on the object. Then, create a duplicate, remove all of its logic, and set it to invisible.
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[build-singleplayer-and-multiplayer-logic](https://docs.sandbox.game/en/creator/game-maker/docs/build-singleplayer-and-multiplayer-logic "mention") - about **\[SP]** or **\[MP]** behaviours or components
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##  Speaker \[SP] \[MP]
Apply the Speaker component to display messages and/or send messages.Use Speaker to start quests, give hints to the player or trigger something to happen elsewhere.
## Common Uses
* Display text above the asset for labels, "barks" to get player attention, etc.
* Have dialogue between NPCs to tell a story
* Detect the Avatar to send a message or display text
* Used as a logic tool to trigger messages at certain intervals
* Cause the asset to turn and face the detected player or asset (by tag)
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See [text-quests-and-icons](https://docs.sandbox.game/en/creator/game-maker/creative-guides/logic-guide/text-quests-and-icons "mention") for logic tips and text formatting related to this feature.
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## Communications
Inputs: Detect entity or Wait for message.
Outputs: Send message in a range or to All.
## Parameters
| Options | Details |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|  | **Text To Display** - The text to display in the box. |
|  | **Display Duration** - How long before the text box is hidden. |
|  | **Always On Top** - Set whether the box always appears over other objects, blocks, etc. or can be hidden behind them. |
|  | **Look At Target** - Set whether the asset should stay still or rotate to face a detected player or asset (by tag). |
|  | **Rotation Duration** - The time is takes to face the detected asset or player. |
|  | **Speak Condition** - Defines how the text is triggered. |
|  | **Detection Type - what to detect** (may include objects, players, tags, or specific assets) |
|  | **Detection Shape** - Defines the shape for the detection zone. |
|  | **Detection Range** - the range at which to detect actors. |
|  | **Message To Send** - message sent when triggered. |
|  |
Broadcast Type
All - Send the message to all objects.
Everyone in Range - Send the message to all objects and players in range.
Specific Tags In Range - Send the message to all objects or players in range with the specified tag(s).
Selected Actors - Send the message to a specified object that has been placed in the Experience.
Duration - Set the amount of time in seconds and delay between broadcasts
Forever - Broadcast forever with a delay between broadcasts
|
|  | **Only Once** - Send the message more than one time or only one time ever. |
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