Keeps the startup office whisper quiet

whisper

#!/usr/bin/env python

import sys
import cgi
import getopt
import urlparse
import socket
from subprocess import call, Popen, PIPE
from wsgiref.util import setup_testing_defaults, request_uri
from wsgiref.simple_server import make_server

OSX_VOICES = [
    "alex", "kathy", "bruce", "fred", "junior", "ralph", "agnes",
    "princess","vicki", "victoria", "albert"
]

class Whisper(object):
    """
    Voice messaging for OSX
    """
    WHISPER_VOLUME = 5

    _volume = WHISPER_VOLUME
    _speaker = 'alex'

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        self._volume = self.volume

    @property
    def speaker(self):
        return self._speaker

    @speaker.setter
    def speaker(self, name):
        if name.lower() in OSX_VOICES:
            self._speaker = name.lower()
        return self._speaker

    @property
    def volume(self):
        self._volume = int(Popen(['osascript',
            '-e', 'get (output volume of (get volume settings))'],
            stdout=PIPE).stdout.read().strip())
        return self._volume

    @volume.setter
    def volume(self, value=5):
        call(['osascript', '-e', 'set Volume %s' % value])
        self._volume = value
        return self._volume

    def whisper(self, message=''):
        volume = self.volume
        if volume <= 10:
            self.volume(self.WHISPER_VOLUME)
        call(['say', '-v', '%s' % self._speaker, '%s' % message])
        if volume <= 10:
            self.volume(volume)


def voices_server(environ, start_response):
    setup_testing_defaults(environ)
    start_response('200 OK', [('Content-type', 'text/html')])
    qs = cgi.parse_qs(urlparse.urlparse(request_uri(environ, True)).query or "")

    speaker, message = (qs.get('v') and qs['v'][0] or "alex",qs.get('m') and qs['m'][0] or "")
    whisper = Whisper()
    whisper.speaker = speaker
    response_message = ""
    if message:
        whisper.whisper(message)
        response_message = "<i>Say command sent.</i><br /><br />"

    return """%s<form action="" method="get">Voice: <select name="v">%s</select><br/><br />
            message:<br/><textarea style="height: 100px; width:400px;" name="m">%s</textarea><br />
            <input type="submit" name="s" value="speak" /></form>
            """ % (response_message, ''.join(['<option valu="%s" %s>%s</option>\n' % (speaker,
                (speaker==v and "selected" or ""), v) for v in OSX_VOICES]), message)

def main():
    try:
        opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], "h", ["help"])
    except getopt.error, msg:
        print msg, "for help use --help"
        sys.exit(2)
    for o, a in opts:
        if o in ("-h", "--help"):
            print "Usage: python voices.py x.x.x.x:port\n"
            sys.exit(0)
    if len(args) > 1:
        print "incorrect usage. for help use --help"
        sys.exit(2)
    if len(args) == 1:
        ip, port = args[0].split(':')
    else:
        print "Explicit IP and port not entered.  Attempted to autodiscover IP address."
        ip, port = (socket.gethostbyname(socket.gethostname()), 2046)
    httpd = make_server(ip, int(port), voices_server)
    print "Serving on %s:%s" % (ip, port)
    httpd.serve_forever()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()