starting test program to get working play

audio/audio.py

@@ -98,5 +98,33 @@ class Audio:
         self.playbackStream.stop_stream()
         self.playbackStream.close()
 
+    def playFile(self, fileName: str):
+        # open the file for reading.
+        wf = wave.open(fileName, "rb")
+
+        # create an audio object
+        p = pyaudio.PyAudio()
+
+        # open stream based on the wave object which has been input.
+        stream = p.open(
+            format=p.get_format_from_width(wf.getsampwidth()),
+            channels=wf.getnchannels(),
+            rate=wf.getframerate(),
+            output=True,
+            output_device_index=RESPEAKER_INDEX,
+        )
+
+        # read data (based on the chunk size)
+        data = wf.readframes(CHUNK)
+        # play stream (looping from beginning of file to the end)
+        while data:
+            # writing to the stream is what *actually* plays the sound.
+            stream.write(data)
+            data = wf.readframes(CHUNK)
+
+        # cleanup stuff.
+        stream.close()
+        p.terminate()
+
     def terminate(self):
         self.pyaudio.terminate()

tts/app.py

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# this program will record audio while the button is pressed
+# and then will transcribe it by hitting our api
+
+# NOTE: run export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$(pwd) to run this file from the root directory of the project
+#  so that all different modules can be used
+
+import audio.audio as audio
+import requests
+
+API_URL = "http://192.168.50.159:5001/tts"
+
+audioInstance = audio.Audio()
+
+response = requests.post(API_URL, data={'text': 'hello world'})
+print(response)
+
+# get the file data from the response
+# write the file data to a file
+# save the file
+
+# play the file
+audioInstance.playFile('audio.wav')

tts/requirements.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+certifi==2022.12.7
+charset-normalizer==3.1.0
+idna==3.4
+PyAudio==0.2.13
+requests==2.29.0
+urllib3==1.26.15