Index: tools/talkclips.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+#             __________               __   ___.
+#   Open      \______   \ ____   ____ |  | _\_ |__   _______  ___
+#   Source     |       _//  _ \_/ ___\|  |/ /| __ \ /  _ \  \/  /
+#   Jukebox    |    |   (  <_> )  \___|    < | \_\ (  <_> > <  <
+#   Firmware   |____|_  /\____/ \___  >__|_ \|___  /\____/__/\_ \
+#                     \/            \/     \/    \/            \/
+# Author: Daniel Dalton <daniel.dalton10@gmail.com>
+
+import os
+import sys
+# The following lines provide variables which you can modify to adjust
+# settings... See comments next to each line.
+# Start opts:
+espeak = '/usr/bin/espeak' # location of easpeak binary 
+rbspeexenc = './rbspeexenc' # path to rbspeexenc binary (default currentdir)
+VOPTS=espeak+" -s 320 -z" # Your espeak opts 
+ROPTS=rbspeexenc+" -q 4 -c 10" # rbspeex opts 
+logfile="/tmp/talkclips.log" # a file where output should be logged
+# End opts 
+# Don't touch the below settings. Unless you know what your doing. 
+log=open(logfile, 'w') # logging leave this var alone. 
+USAGE="Usage: %s <directory>" % (sys.argv[0]) # usage prompt don't touch 
+if not os.path.exists(rbspeexenc):
+  print "%s not found, please change your rbspeexenc path appropriately,\n"\
+      "or place the binary in %s\n"\
+      % (rbspeexenc, os.path.realpath(rbspeexenc))
+  print USAGE
+  exit (-1) # Rbspeexenc not found 
+if not os.path.exists(espeak):
+  print "Espeak not found, please install espeak, or adjust the path of\n"\
+      'the "espeak" variable appropriately.\n'
+  print USAGE
+  exit (-1) # espeak not found 
+
+if len(sys.argv) != 2:
+  print USAGE
+  exit (-1) # user failed to supply enough arguments
+
+RBDIR=sys.argv[1] # grab user input on the command line (don't touch)
+if not os.path.exists(sys.argv[1]):
+  print "The path %s doesn't exist, please try again.\n\n%s"\
+      % (sys.argv[1], USAGE)
+  exit(-1) # path doesn't exist
+else: # check if it's a dir
+  if not os.path.isdir(sys.argv[1]): # a file
+    print "This script only currently works for directories.\n\n%s" % (USAGE)
+    exit (-1) # not a dir 
+
+def gentalkclip(clipname, fullpath, isdir):
+  """Generate an individual talk clip.
+
+  Based on the file name structure of talk clips, run them through the
+  synth, and encoder, and save accordingly."""
+
+  if isdir: # directory
+    output=os.path.join(fullpath, "_dirname.talk") # dir clip name 
+    if os.path.exists(output):
+      return True # no need to create again
+    try: # Don't let the script stop if bash raises filename errors
+      os.system('%s "%s" -w "%s"' % (VOPTS, clipname, output+".tmp"))
+      os.system('%s "%s" "%s"' % (ROPTS, output+".tmp", output))
+      os.remove(output+".tmp") # delete the old wav file 
+    except OSError:
+      log.write('Failed to create clip for directory: "%s"\n' % (clipname)) 
+      return False 
+    log.write( 'Created clip for directory: "%s"\n' % (clipname)) # log
+    return True 
+  else: # file
+    output=fullpath+".talk"
+    if os.path.exists(output):
+      return True # no need to create again
+    try: 
+      os.system('%s "%s" -w "%s"' % (VOPTS, clipname, output+".tmp"))
+      os.system('%s "%s" "%s"' % (ROPTS, output+".tmp", output))
+      os.remove (output+".tmp")
+    except OSError: # don't let bash errors stop us
+      log.write('Failed to create clip for file: "%s"\n' % (clipname))
+      return False # something failed, so continue with next file
+    log.write('Created clip for file: "%s"\n' % (clipname)) # logging
+  return True # clips created 
+
+def istalkclip(file):
+  """Is file a talkclip?
+
+  Returns True if file is a .talk clip for rockbox, otherwise returns
+  False."""
+
+  if '_dirname.talk' in file or '.talk' in file:
+    return True # is talk clip
+  else: # Not a talk clip
+    return False
+
+def walker(directory):
+  """Walk through a directory.
+
+  Walk through a directory and subdirs, and operate on it, passing files
+  through to the correct functions to generate talk clips."""
+  for item in os.listdir(directory): # get subdirs and files
+    if os.path.isdir(os.path.join(directory, item)):
+      gentalkclip (item, os.path.join(directory, item), True) # its a dir
+      walker(os.path.join(directory, item)) # go down into this sub dir 
+      continue
+    else: # a file
+      if istalkclip (item):
+        continue # is a talk clip
+      else: # create clip 
+        gentalkclip(item, os.path.join(directory, item), False) # a file
+        continue
+
+walker(RBDIR) # start the program:)
+log.close() # close the log and finish