Binary Solo

binary-solo.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

from os import system
from sys import argv

BITS = [0x80, 0x40, 0x20, 0x10, 0x08, 0x04, 0x02, 0x01]

def asciiToBin(ascii, bitSep=' ', byteSep='. '):
	return byteSep.join(bitSep.join('1' if bit & ord(char) else '0'
		                             for bit in BITS)
	                     for char in ascii)

if __name__ == "__main__":
	if len(argv) == 2:
		system("say " + asciiToBin(argv[1]))
	elif len(argv) == 3 and argv[1] == '-p':
		print asciiToBin(argv[2], '', ' ')
		system("say " + asciiToBin(argv[2]))
	else:
		print "Usage: " + argv[0] + " <text>"