/finish_alert

1 line function to alert yourself after running a time-consuming job

Primary LanguagePython

finish_alert

Programs may run for a long time. It is useful to say something when the program is finished in macOS.

Say is a utility program to convert text to audible speech. Linux alternative: spd-say

Try to make better Hello World examples using different programming languages:

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Python

import os
def say(m = "Finish", v = "Victoria"):
    os.system(f'say -v {v} {m}')

Usage in Python:

say()                              # English
say(m="完了吧，如無意外",v="Sin-ji")  # Cantonese
say(m="完結",v="Ting-Ting")         # Chinese
say(m="終わり",v="Kyoko")           # Japanese
say(m="종료",v="Yuna")              # Korean
say(m="fin",v="Monica")            # Spanish
say(m="finir",v="Amelie")          # French

Swift

import Foundation

func say(m: String, v: String) {
    let p = Process()
    p.executableURL = URL(fileURLWithPath: "/usr/bin/env")
    p.arguments = ["say", "-v", v, m]
    do {
        try p.run()
        p.waitUntilExit()
    } catch {
        print("Unexpected error: \(error).")
    }
}

Usage in Swift:

say(m:"Finish", v:"Victoria")     // English
say(m:"完了吧，如無意外",v:"Sin-ji") // Cantonese
say(m:"完結",v:"Ting-Ting")        // Chinese
say(m:"終わり",v:"Kyoko")          // Japanese
say(m:"종료",v:"Yuna")             // Korean
say(m:"fin",v:"Monica")           // Spanish
say(m:"finir",v:"Amelie")         // French

Go

import "os/exec"

func say(m string, v string) {
	exec.Command("say", "-v", v, m).Run()
}

Usage in Go:

say("Finish", "Victoria")       // English
say("完了吧，如無意外", "Sin-ji") // Cantonese
say("完結", "Ting-Ting")        // Chinese
say("終わり", "Kyoko")          // Japanese
say("종료", "Yuna")             // Korean
say("fin", "Monica")           // Spanish
say("finir", "Amelie")         // French

NodeJS

// By default, Javascript runs in a parallel (async/await is needed)
const util = require('util');
const exec = util.promisify(require('child_process').exec);
async function say(m = "Finish", v = "Victoria") {
  await exec(`say -v ${v} ${m}`) 
}

Usage in NodeJS:

// Note: without using async/await, 
// all sentences will be spoken at the same time
async function main() {
  await say()                              // English
  await say(m="完了吧，如無意外",v="Sin-ji")  // Cantonese
  await say(m="完結",v="Ting-Ting")         // Chinese
  await say(m="終わり",v="Kyoko")           // Japanese
  await say(m="종료",v="Yuna")              // Korean
  await say(m="fin",v="Monica")            // Spanish
  await say(m="finir",v="Amelie")          // French
}
main()

C/C++

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

void say(char *m, char *v) {
    char cmd[1000];
    sprintf(cmd, "say -v %s %s\n", v, m);
    system(cmd);
}

Usage in C/C++:

  • u8 prefix: (UTF-8) encoding is needed for non-ASCII string
int main() {
    say("Finish","Victoria");               // English
    say(u8"完了吧，如無意外", "Sin-ji");       // Cantonese
    say(u8"完結", "Ting-Ting");              // Chinese
    say(u8"終わり", "Kyoko" );               // Japanese
    say(u8"종료","Yuna");                    // Korean
    say("fin","Monica");                    // Spanish
    say("finir","Amelie");                  // French 
    return 0;
}

Java

public class Say 
{
    public static void say(String m, String v) throws Exception {
        String cmd = "say -v " + v + " " + m;
        Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd).waitFor(); // wait until it finishes  
    }
}

Usage in Java:

Say.say("Finish","Victoria");        // English
Say.say("完了吧，如無意外", "Sin-ji"); // Cantonese
Say.say("完結", "Ting-Ting");        // Chinese
Say.say("終わり", "Kyoko");          // Japanese
Say.say("종료", "Yuna");             // Korean
Say.say("fin", "Monica");           // Spanish
Say.say("finir", "Amelie");         // French

VanillaJS

// say.js (vanilla)
let voices = []; // store the voices
let synth = window.speechSynthesis;

function say(m = "Finish", v = "Victoria") {
    const speak = () => {
        let utterThis = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance(m);
        for ( let voice of voices ) {
            if ( voice.name === v ) {
                utterThis.voice = voice;
                break;
            }
        }
        synth.speak(utterThis);
    }
    if ( voices.length === 0 ) {  // For the first time without a voice list
        // Note: synth.getVoices() - use setInterval trick to get the voice list from the server
        let id = setInterval(() => {
            voices = synth.getVoices();
            if (voices.length !== 0) {
                clearInterval(id);
                speak();
            }
        }, 10);
    } 
    else { // call the speak() handler if the voice list is ready
        speak();
    }
}

Usage in Vanilla JS

<script src="say.js"></script>
<button onclick="say('Finish','Victoria');">English</button> 
<button onclick="say('完了吧，如無意外','Sin-ji');" >Cantonese</button>
<button onclick="say('完結','Ting-Ting');">Chinese</button>
<button onclick="say('終わり','Kyoko');">Japanese</button>
<button onclick="say('종료','Yuna');">Korean</button>
<button onclick="say('fin','Monica');">Spanish</button>
<button onclick="say('finir','Amelie');">French</button>

Default languages in Python

say function with different default values for the supporting human languages can be founded in src/py

Chinese

import os
def say(m = "完結", v = "Ting-Ting"):
    os.system(f'say -v {v} {m}')

Cantonese

import os
def say(m = "完結", v = "Sin-ji"):
    os.system(f'say -v {v} {m}')

Spanish

import os
def say(m = "fin", v = "Juan"):
    os.system(f'say -v {v} {m}')

Japanese

import os
def say(m = "終わり", v = "Kyoko"):
    os.system(f'say -v {v} {m}')

Korean

import os
def say(m = "종료", v = "Yuna"):
    os.system(f'say -v {v} {m}')