https://github.com/bbugyi200/pywalkie

A two-way walkie-talkie command-line application.
https://github.com/bbugyi200/pywalkie

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A two-way walkie-talkie command-line application.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/bbugyi200/pywalkie
• Owner: bbugyi200
• Created: 2019-02-27T21:11:21.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2019-03-02T15:23:27.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-03-30T23:41:12.661Z (over 1 year ago)
• Language: Python
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• Size: 575 KB
• Stars: 8
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# What is Pywalkie?

A two-way walkie-talkie application, implemented using Python's [Twisted] framework. The server should daemonize the `pywalkie-server.py` script, at which point you can start a conversation from some other client machine by using the `pywalkie-client.py` script. The client machine has full control over the flow of the conversation.

# Usage

![Server Help Docs](img/server_help.png)

![Client Help Docs](img/client_help.png)

# Examples

The two screenshots below were taken from the viewpoint of the client. The client uses the `Enter` key to toggle control of the communication between the two machines.

![Client Talks](img/green.png)

![Server Talks](img/red.png)

# Dependencies

Pywalkie makes use of [arecord](https://linux.die.net/man/1/arecord) (a Linux command-line utility) to record audio from one machine.

Once recorded, the audio is streamed to the second machine using [Twisted], an event-driven network programming framework written in Python.

Finally, the audio is played back on the second machine using the [paplay](https://linux.die.net/man/1/paplay) utility (also Linux-based).

[Twisted]: https://twistedmatrix.com/trac/

### Optional Dependencies

* [speaker-test](https://linux.die.net/man/1/speaker-test) is used to make a noise on the server every time the walkie-talkie mode is toggled.

* [espeak](http://espeak.sourceforge.net/) is used to announce to the server when a client has connected to Pywalkie.