Listen to Hexchat irc log with Google translate voice.

hexchat_listener.py

import os
import re
import time

from google_speech import Speech

sox_effects = ("speed", "1.5", "pitch", "-700")

filename = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), '.config', 'hexchat', 'logs', 'freenode', '#python.log')

f = open(filename, 'r')
f.read()

while True:
    t = f.readline()
    if not re.match(r'^\w+ [0-9 ][0-9] ([0-9]{2}:){2}[0-9]{2} \*', t):
        speech = Speech(re.sub(r'^\w+ [0-9 ][0-9] ([0-9]{2}:){2}[0-9]{2} <(\w+)>\t', r'\2 said ', t), 'en')
        speech.play(sox_effects)
    if not t:
        time.sleep(0.5)