In my skill I need the user to enter a word letter by letter.
Is there a way the user can enter the input with the keyboard instead of voice recordings?
Thank You,
Alon Yom Tov
Would something like this be useful?
I am busy with a Python3 program for a graphical interface with themes for Mycroft.
I stripped out some code for you which you can easily use in your own skill or scripts.
I uses your default voice as output.
you can use it as a definition in your skill
def speak():
tools=Tk()
tools.resizable(False, False)
def retrieve_input():
inputValue=toolsinput.get("1.0", "end-1c")
# print(inputValue)
if inputValue == "":
subprocess.run("mycroft-speak", text=True, input="Sorry no text detected")
else:
subprocess.run("mycroft-speak", text=True, input=inputValue)
#print(subprocess.run("mycroft-speak", text=True, input=inputValue))
tools.title(' Mycroft Speak Test')
toolstext = Label(tools, text=" Mycroft Open Source Voice Assistant Speak test")
toolstext2 = Label(tools, wraplength='250', text="With this tool you can test the Mycroft Speak Engine. Type the words you want the Mycroft Speak Engine to speak and press the \u263a button.\n\nNote: uses your default speech voice ")
toolsinput = Text(tools, height=10, width=50)
toolsspace = Label(text = " ")
toolsbutton = Button(tools, font=('Arial', 24, 'bold'), text=" \u263a ", command=lambda: retrieve_input())
toolsspace.pack()
toolsbutton.config(bg='blue', fg='white', bd=2)
toolstext.config(font=('Arial', 10, 'bold'))
toolstext.pack(padx=15, pady=15)
toolstext2.pack(padx=15, pady=15)
toolsinput.pack(side=LEFT, padx=30, pady=10)
toolsbutton.pack(side=RIGHT, padx=40, pady=10)
toolsspace.pack()
The whole code with interface ( i stripped out all theme things you do not need). Copy / paste save as speak.py, then python speak.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
#simple splash screen
try:
# for Python2
from Tkinter import *
except ImportError:
# for Python3
from tkinter import *
from tkinter import Tk, Frame, messagebox, Menu
from time import time, sleep, clock, perf_counter
make sure windows appear in center of screen
root = Tk()
#root.geometry("+%
Gets the requested values of the height and widht.
windowWidth = root.winfo_reqwidth()
windowHeight = root.winfo_reqheight()
print(“Width”, windowWidth, “Height”, windowHeight)
Gets both half the screen width/height and window width/height
positionRight = int(root.winfo_screenwidth()/3 - windowWidth/3)
positionDown = int(root.winfo_screenheight()/3 - windowHeight/3)
Positions the window in the center of the page.
Set Title and make sure the window is not resizable
root.geometry("+{}+{}".format(positionRight, positionDown))
root.title(’ Mycroft Interface Linux’)
root.configure( width=700)
root.resizable(False, False)
button frame
it was a pain in the @ss to justify all buttons
if there is an easier please edit
but_frame = Frame(root, relief=SUNKEN, pady=1)
but_frame2 = Frame(root, pady=1)
but_frame3 = Frame(root, pady=10)
but_frame33 = Frame(root, pady=15)
but_frame4 = Frame(root, bg=’#616161’, pady=5)
but_frame4.config(bd=2)
def start():
import subprocess
subprocess.call(“mycroft-start all”, shell=True)
messagebox.showinfo(“Info”, “Mycroft Services started. \nPlease restart M.I.L.”)
root.destroy()
def stop():
import subprocess
subprocess.call("mycroft-stop all", shell=True)
messagebox.showinfo("Info", "Mycroft Services stopped. \nPlease restart M.I.L.")
root.destroy()
define labels and buttons
dis = Label(but_frame)
title = Label(but_frame, wraplength=550, compound=‘center’, font=(‘Arial’, 14, ‘bold’), text=“Mycroft Open Source Voice Assistant Interface for Linux”)
lbl = Label(but_frame, wraplength=550, text=“Note: This program is nothing special. It is a Python script which calls some Bash scripts. I wrote it fast and ugly. There is lots of room for improvements. I encourage everybody to edit and enhance it. Also: It might be strange scaled on some devices.”)
choose=Label(but_frame, wraplength=500, text=“Choose a Theme\n( NOTE: use voice command: ‘‘exit interface’’ to go back to this menu.)\n”)
make a nice layout
title.pack(side=TOP, padx=10,pady=10 )
lbl.pack(side=TOP, padx=10,pady=10)
choose.pack(side=TOP, padx=10, pady=15)
showing a button frame
but_frame.pack(side=TOP)
but_frame2.pack()
import subprocess
found = subprocess.run("/bin/ps -x|grep mycroft.messagebus.service|grep -v ‘grep’|wc -l", stdout=subprocess.PIPE, shell=TRUE)
if found.stdout == b’0\n’:
found.stdout = " Note: Mycroft background service not running"
found.stdout = u’\u2718’ + " " + found.stdout
found.bg = ‘red’
found.stdout = found.stdout
butstart = Button(but_frame4, text=" Start Mycroft Services", command=start)
else:
found.stdout = "Mycroft background service is running"
found.stdout = u'\u2611' + " " + found.stdout
found.bg = 'green'
found.stdout = found.stdout
butstart = Button(but_frame4, text=" Stop Mycroft Services", command=stop)
frame 3/33/4
line = Label(but_frame33, font=(‘Arial’, 10), text=" ")
text5 = Label(but_frame4, font=(‘Arial’, 10), bg=found.bg, fg=‘white’, text=found.stdout)
text5.config(anchor=CENTER)
line.pack()
text5.pack(side=LEFT, padx=100, pady=0)
butstart.pack(side=RIGHT, padx=100)
but_frame3.pack(side=BOTTOM)
but_frame33.pack(side=TOP)
but_frame4.pack(side=BOTTOM)
photologo = PhotoImage(file=“mil-logo.png”)
mainloop menu
def about():
aboutwin=Tk()
def openwgit():
website = messagebox.askquestion('Open website?', 'Open website: https://github.com/bastiaanwilliams?',
icon='warning')
if website == 'yes':
import subprocess
subprocess.call("/usr/bin/xdg-open https://github.com/bastiaanwilliams", shell=True)
else:
aboutwin.destroy()
aboutwin.resizable(False, False)
aboutwin.title(' About ')
millogo = Label(aboutwin)
import platform
info = "System: " + platform.platform()
millogo.config(text="M.I.L", font=('Arial', 26, 'bold'), activebackground=None, bd=1)
abouttext = Label(aboutwin, text=" Mycroft Open Source Voice Assistant Interface for Linux")
abouttext2 = Label(aboutwin, text="Author: Bastiaan Williams, bastiaanwilliams@protonmail.com")
abouttext3 = Label(aboutwin, text=" Version: 0.1\n")
aboutsystem = Label(aboutwin, text=info)
abouttextw = Button(aboutwin, font=('Arial', 10, 'underline'), text="https://github.com/bastiaanwilliams")
millogo.pack(padx=0, pady=0)
abouttext.pack()
abouttext2.pack()
abouttext3.pack()
aboutsystem.pack()
abouttextw.config(anchor=CENTER, bg=None, bd=0, fg='blue', activebackground=None, command=openwgit)
abouttextw.pack(padx=0, pady=6)
def systeminfo():
import platform, socket, re, uuid, os
from requests import get
import urllib.request
systeminfo=Tk()
systeminfo.resizable(False, False)
systeminfo.title(" System Information ")
ip = urllib.request.urlopen('https://ident.me').read().decode('utf8')
info1 = platform.system()
info2 = platform.release()
info3 = platform.version()
info4 = socket.gethostname()
#geting internal IP
inforight = info1 + "\n" + info2 + "\n" + info3 + "\n" + info4 + "\n" + ip
infoleft = "System:" + "\n" + "Release:" + "\n" + "Version:" + "\n" + "Hostname:" + "\n" + "Public IP Address:"
infowindow = Label(systeminfo, text=infoleft)
infowindow2 = Label(systeminfo, text=inforight)
infowindow2.config(font=('Arial', 10, 'bold'))
infowindow.pack(side=LEFT, padx=10, pady=10)
infowindow2.pack(side=RIGHT, padx=10, pady=10)
def speak():
tools=Tk()
tools.resizable(False, False)
def retrieve_input():
inputValue=toolsinput.get("1.0", "end-1c")
# print(inputValue)
if inputValue == "":
subprocess.run("mycroft-speak", text=True, input="Sorry no text detected")
else:
subprocess.run("mycroft-speak", text=True, input=inputValue)
#print(subprocess.run("mycroft-speak", text=True, input=inputValue))
tools.title(' Mycroft Speak Test')
toolstext = Label(tools, text=" Mycroft Open Source Voice Assistant Speak test")
toolstext2 = Label(tools, wraplength='250', text="With this tool you can test the Mycroft Speak Engine. Type the words you want the Mycroft Speak Engine to speak and press the \u263a button.\n\nNote: uses your default speech voice ")
toolsinput = Text(tools, height=10, width=50)
toolsspace = Label(text = " ")
toolsbutton = Button(tools, font=('Arial', 24, 'bold'), text=" \u263a ", command=lambda: retrieve_input())
toolsspace.pack()
toolsbutton.config(bg='blue', fg='white', bd=2)
toolstext.config(font=('Arial', 10, 'bold'))
toolstext.pack(padx=15, pady=15)
toolstext2.pack(padx=15, pady=15)
toolsinput.pack(side=LEFT, padx=30, pady=10)
toolsbutton.pack(side=RIGHT, padx=40, pady=10)
toolsspace.pack()
menubar = Menu(root)
filemenu = Menu(menubar, tearoff=0)
filemenu.add_command(label=“Exit”, command=root.quit)
menubar.add_cascade(label=“File”, menu=filemenu)
toolsmenu = Menu(menubar, tearoff=0)
toolsmenu.add_command(label=“System Information”, command=systeminfo)
toolsmenu.add_command(label=“Test Mycroft Speak Engine”, command=speak)
menubar.add_cascade(label=“Tools”, menu=toolsmenu)
helpmenu = Menu(menubar, tearoff=0)
helpmenu.add_command(label=“About…”, command=about)
menubar.add_cascade(label=“Help”, menu=helpmenu)
root.config(menu=menubar)
root.mainloop()
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Sorry for the mess 
You can still select all and copy / paste in file