Hourly Time Announcement with a Cackle?

Hello. This may be a funny question, hope not! We have installed an hourly announcement that announces the time with a laugh or cackle. We want to get rid of it as it is a bit annoying but forget what program or utility it is so we can delete it. Wonder if anyone recognizes this and can lead us in the right direction!
Thanks.

Thanks very much Stedman 1, appreciate that, I will now use something else as there are lots of choices--maybe start out easy with a Whisper!
Cheers.

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