Image forming apparatus performing notification by voice, storage medium storing control program, and control method

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a control program executed by an image forming apparatus including an output device that outputs voice, wherein the control program causes a processor of the image forming apparatus to execute:

• causing the output device to output, out of a plurality of messages indicating information about use of the image forming apparatus, a message for output, which is selected in accordance with a using situation of the image forming apparatus, by voice;
• setting, in accordance with a content of the message for output, a volume when the message for output is output by voice;
• detecting whether a person exists in a predetermined region that is set to the image forming apparatus;
• changing, in accordance with a detection result of the detecting, the volume set by the setting;
• determining, in accordance with the using situating of the image forming apparatus and the content of the message for output, whether to output the message for output by voice;
• and
• setting the volume to zero in a case where the first processor determines that the message for output is not to be output by voice.

A control method of an image forming apparatus including an output device that outputs voice, the control method comprising:

• causing the output device to output, out of a plurality of messages indicating information about use of the image forming apparatus, a message for output, which is selected in accordance with a using situation of the image forming apparatus, by voice;
• setting, in accordance with a content of the message for output, a volume when the message for output is output by voice;
• detecting whether a person exists in a predetermined region that is set to the image forming apparatus;
• changing, in accordance with a detection result of the detecting, the volume set by the setting;
• determining, in accordance with the using situation of the image forming apparatus and the content of the message for output, whether to output the message for output by voice;
• and
• setting the volume to zero in a case where the first processor determines that the message for output is not to be output by voice.