Thread: eSpeakCaller like app / voice caller id
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krzyc is offline krzyc
2012-12-27 , 03:16
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I am playing with eSpeak (from RzR's repo) and I can't see any reason why there is no eSpeakCaller like application for N9. It should be very easy. I have mixed some sources and finish with this python script:

Code:
#!/usr/bin/env python

import gobject
import subprocess
import re
import dbus
import dbus.mainloop.glib

def handle_call(x, y):
    # remove non alphanum chars
    n = re.sub('[^\w ]', '', x[0]['displayName'])
    print n
    # check if we have a number or alphanum string
    if re.match('[+0-9]+', n) == None:
        # say it
        eSpeakProc = subprocess.Popen(["espeak", "-vpl", '"' + n + '"'], shell=False)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    dbus.mainloop.glib.DBusGMainLoop(set_as_default=True)

    bus = dbus.SessionBus()

    bus.add_signal_receiver(handle_call, path='/com/nokia/CallUi/ActiveCall', dbus_interface='org.maemo.contextkit.Property', signal_name='ValueChanged')    

    loop = gobject.MainLoop()
    loop.run()
when I ran it, it reads caller name but was interrupted by ringtone, so after some reading I created a file
Code:
/usr/share/policy/etc/pulse/xpolicy.conf.d/espeak.conf
with
Code:
[stream]
exe = espeak
group = ringtone
and restarted pulseaudio.

Now it works. If there are no unexpected traps I will try to modify espeakcaller (it's GPL) for N9 and package it to deb file as soon as I get some free time.

PS. Is there any event when user mutes ring (by clicking or turning over the phone) which I can listen to to mute espeak also?
Last edited by krzyc; 2012-12-27 at 03:22.
 

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