twblue/src/accessible_output2/outputs/pc_talker.py

from __future__ import absolute_import
import ctypes
from .base import Output

class PCTalker(Output):
 lib32 = 'pctkusr.dll'
 lib64 = 'pctkusr64.dll'
 cdll = True
 argtypes = {
  'PCTKPRead': (ctypes.c_char_p, ctypes.c_int, ctypes.c_int)
 }

 def speak(self, text, interrupt=False):
  if interrupt:
   self.silence()
  self.lib.PCTKPRead(text.encode('cp932', 'replace'), 0, 1)

 def silence(self):
  self.lib.PCTKVReset()

 def is_active(self):
  return self.lib.PCTKStatus() != 0

output_class = PCTalker