Sound alarm when code finishes

Question

I am in a situation where my code takes extremely long to run and I don't want to be staring at it all the time but want to know when it is done.

How can I make the (Python) code sort of sound an "alarm" when it is done? I was contemplating making it play a .wav file when it reaches the end of the code...

Is this even a feasible idea? If so, how could I do it?

I'd be interested to know how to do this in Windows, as well. — Jared Nielsen, May 15 '13 at 19:10
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/307305/play-a-sound-with-python — Thomas Fenzl, May 15 '13 at 19:11
Is there something that works for OS X? I can't seem to find the winsound module. — Charlie Parker, Jul 05 '16 at 21:38
Possible duplicate of [Play audio with Python](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/260738/play-audio-with-python) Ubuntu bash: http://askubuntu.com/questions/277215/make-a-sound-once-process-is-complete — Ciro Santilli新疆棉花TRUMP BAN BAD, Jul 28 '16 at 11:53
@CharlieParker in terminal on Mac I just use `say` and type something like `say your program has finished` — Peter W, Mar 21 '20 at 01:04

score 282 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 27 '19 at 05:40

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On Windows

import winsound
duration = 1000  # milliseconds
freq = 440  # Hz
winsound.Beep(freq, duration)

Where freq is the frequency in Hz and the duration is in milliseconds.

On Linux and Mac

import os
duration = 1  # seconds
freq = 440  # Hz
os.system('play -nq -t alsa synth {} sine {}'.format(duration, freq))

In order to use this example, you must install sox.

On Debian / Ubuntu / Linux Mint, run this in your terminal:

sudo apt install sox

On Mac, run this in your terminal (using macports):

sudo port install sox

Speech on Mac

import os
os.system('say "your program has finished"')

Speech on Linux

import os
os.system('spd-say "your program has finished"')

You need to install the speech-dispatcher package in Ubuntu (or the corresponding package on other distributions):

sudo apt install speech-dispatcher

edited Feb 27 '19 at 05:40

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answered May 15 '13 at 19:23

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right You have to download it, I'll give you the link, let me find it...I just posted another one for macs that will actually speak to you, so it can tell you when it's done – Ryan Saxe May 15 '13 at 19:30
thanks! do you happen to know if linux has one that will speak to you too? – mtigger May 15 '13 at 22:39
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mine says that say is not found, even though i've installed sox and play works. but i've found an alternative. import os os.system('espeak "your program has finished"') – mtigger May 17 '13 at 11:04
winsound isn't found. Is it not available for OS X? – Charlie Parker Jul 05 '16 at 21:37
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@CharlieParker, if you look at the full answer, the first option is only for windows users. The others state how to on other environments, which includes OSX – Ryan Saxe Jul 07 '16 at 22:29
absolutely love the OSX one :D – natronite Jul 28 '16 at 21:11
Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa - this works! os.system('play --no-show-progress --null --channels 1 synth %s sine %f' % ( a, b) – litepresence Mar 10 '17 at 16:59
I think it's worth adding in this post, for Windows and winsound you need not worry about Beep frequency and duration. Just using winsound.MessageBeep() will be enough. – poulter7 Apr 04 '17 at 21:43
TIL I can make my computer talk using the os package! So awesome!! – marty331 Jan 23 '19 at 15:22

score 37 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 13 '21 at 20:53

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print('\007')

Plays the bell sound on Linux. Plays the error sound on Windows 10.

edited Jan 13 '21 at 20:53

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answered May 13 '15 at 16:32

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This doesn't appear to work through ipython/Jupyter – Kyle Barron Nov 15 '19 at 22:57
does not work on VS code nor Jupyter notebooks on win10 – Miguel Silva May 11 '21 at 12:19

Saullo G. P. Castro · Answer 3 · 2020-01-23T13:22:28.150

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This one seems to work on both Windows and Linux* (from this question):

def beep():
    print("\a")

beep()

In Windows, can put at the end:

import winsound
winsound.Beep(500, 1000)

where 500 is the frequency in Herz
      1000 is the duration in miliseconds

To work on Linux, you may need to do the following (from QO's comment):

in a terminal, type 'cd /etc/modprobe.d' then 'gksudo gedit blacklist.conf'
comment the line that says 'blacklist pcspkr', then reboot
check also that the terminal preferences has the 'Terminal Bell' checked.

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answered May 15 '13 at 19:13

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thanks! just to add, may need to turn on the terminal bell sound in ubuntu gnome for it to work. – mtigger May 15 '13 at 19:34
@mtigger Could you please explain how to do that, so that we can update the answer... (or you can update) – Saullo G. P. Castro May 15 '13 at 19:45
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in a terminal, type 'cd /etc/modprobe.d' then 'gksudo gedit blacklist.conf'. uncomment the line that says 'blacklist pcspkr', then reboot. check also that the terminal preferences has the 'Terminal Bell' checked. – mtigger May 15 '13 at 19:59
how to check "that the terminal preferences has the 'Terminal Bell' checked" in ubuntu 13? – user2384994 Dec 06 '13 at 00:37
"\a" worked for me on the Ubuntu subsystem for Windows, thanks!! – Ryan Jul 03 '17 at 03:25
does not work on VS code nor Jupyter notebooks on win10 – Miguel Silva May 11 '21 at 12:19

score 17 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 12 '15 at 14:42

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ubuntu speech dispatcher can be used:

import subprocess
subprocess.call(['speech-dispatcher'])        #start speech dispatcher
subprocess.call(['spd-say', '"your process has finished"'])

answered Apr 12 '15 at 14:42

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but, starting to play when process finished. – cengizkrbck Jun 26 '15 at 21:17
that's what the intended behaviour is, you want the sound when the process finishes – Ishan Khare Jun 27 '15 at 07:16
you can add `-w` argument to wait while spd-say finishes the phrase – ruX Apr 23 '17 at 08:19

zekel · Answer 5 · 2018-11-20T16:17:27.313

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Kuchi's answer didn't work for me on OS X Yosemite (10.10.1). I did find the afplay command (here), which you can just call from Python. This works regardless of whether the Terminal audible bell is enabled and without a third-party library.

import os
os.system('afplay /System/Library/Sounds/Sosumi.aiff')

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answered Feb 20 '15 at 18:05

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score 10 · Answer 6 · answered Apr 04 '17 at 21:42

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I'm assuming you want the standard system bell, and don't want to concern yourself with frequencies and durations etc., you just want the standard windows bell.

import winsound
winsound.MessageBeep()

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rtaft · Answer 7 · 2016-09-28T17:03:55.437

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Why use python at all? You might forget to remove it and check it into a repository. Just run your python command with && and another command to run to do the alerting.

python myscript.py && 
    notify-send 'Alert' 'Your task is complete' && 
    paplay /usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/suspend-error.oga

or drop a function into your .bashrc. I use apython here but you could override 'python'

function apython() {
    /usr/bin/python $*
    notify-send 'Alert' "python $* is complete"
    paplay /usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/suspend-error.oga
}

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answered Sep 28 '16 at 16:53

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great, it works. also with `os.system("paplay sound-alarm.oga")` – fsevenm May 09 '20 at 00:30

score 6 · Answer 8 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:34

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See: Python Sound ("Bell")
This helped me when i wanted to do the same.
All credits go to gbc

Quote:

Have you tried :

import sys
sys.stdout.write('\a')
sys.stdout.flush()

That works for me here on Mac OS 10.5

Actually, I think your original attempt works also with a little modification:

print('\a')

(You just need the single quotes around the character sequence).

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score 4 · Answer 9 · answered Jun 30 '17 at 20:02

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It can be done by code as follows:

import time
time.sleep(10)   #Set the time
for x in range(60):  
    time.sleep(1)
    print('\a')

answered Jun 30 '17 at 20:02

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score 2 · Answer 10 · answered May 02 '16 at 12:36

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import subprocess

subprocess.call(['D:\greensoft\TTPlayer\TTPlayer.exe', "E:\stridevampaclip.mp3"])

answered May 02 '16 at 12:36

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You should add some comments or other explanation for this code to explain how it works and why it answers the question. – skrrgwasme May 02 '16 at 17:55

score 0 · Answer 11 · edited Feb 03 '21 at 20:31

A bit more to your question.

I used gTTS package to generate audio from text and then play that audio using Playsound when I was learning webscraping and created a coursera downloader(only free courses).

text2speech = gTTS("Your course " + course_name +
                                " is downloaded to " + downloads + ". Check it fast.")
text2speech.save("temp.mp3")
winsound.Beep(2500, 1000)
playsound("temp.mp3")