Tkinter toggle button to switch microphone On/Off using a script

switchHeadphones.py

#! /usr/bin/python

''' switchHeadphones.py
Tkinter toggle button to switch microphone On/Off using a script 

Modification of the solution proposed in
    https://www.daniweb.com/posts/jump/1909448
for the Mic On/Off script from
    https://gist.github.com/OndraZizka/2724d353f695dacd73a50883dfdf0fc6
'''

# Define the path for the script below, e.g.,
script = "./switchHeadphones.sh"

try:
    # Python2
    import Tkinter as tk
except ImportError:
    # Python3
    import tkinter as tk
import os

__author__ = "Weslley S Pereira"
__email__ = "[email protected]"

def toggle(tog=[0]):
    '''
    a list default argument has a fixed address
    '''
    tog[0] = not tog[0]
    if tog[0]:
        os.system(script+' speak')
        t_btn.config(text='Switch Mic Off')
    else:
        os.system(script+' listen')
        t_btn.config(text='Switch Mic On')

root = tk.Tk()
root.title('Headphone  ')

t_btn = tk.Button(text='Switch Mic On', width=15, command=toggle)
t_btn.pack(pady=5)

root.mainloop()

which tinker bookstore? there's a lot. https://pypi.org/search/?q=tkinter

sudo apt-get install python3-tk

Thanks for the comment!

Usage:

1. First, you may need to change the permissions of the original Shell script switchHeadphones.sh:
   chmod +x switchHeadphones.sh
2. Then, after connecting your headphones, execute the script Python I suggested as follows:
   python <my_script.py> &
3. Make sure the variable script holds the correct path for the original Shell script switchHeadphones.sh.

Hi, I am getting this error when I run the python script although I installed tkinter as prietopa suggested.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "myscript.py", line 19, in <module>
    import tkinter as tk
ImportError: No module named tkinter

@vasi786 You have to install tkinter as said by @prietopa:

sudo apt-get install python3-tk

Then run with:

python3 switchHeadphones.py