We generally do not take breaks when we are using our laptop or PC. It might affect our eyesight as well as mind. So with Python, we can make a program that can notify us that we have to take a break start again after sometime when the user again starts working on the laptop.
Modules needed
- pyttsx3 – It is a text-to-speech conversion library in Python. An application invokes the pyttsx3.init() factory function to get a reference to a pyttsx3. It is a very easy to use tool which converts the entered text into speech. To install this module type the below command in the terminal.
pip install pyttsx3
- plyer – Plyer module is used to access the features of the hardware. This module does not comes built-in with Python. We need to install it externally. To install this module type the below command in the terminal.
pip install plyer
When we start our laptop or PC we will just have to run the Python program and we will schedule the operation like after every 50 min our PC or laptop will give us a notification as well as speak to us to take a break. Many times we just ignore the notifications that are given to us but with a laptop speaking us will help us remind that we have to take a break.
Creating the Speak Method:
Python3
import pyttsx3 from plyer import notification import time # Speak method def Speak(self, audio): # Calling the initial constructor # of pyttsx3 engine = pyttsx3.init('sapi5') # Calling the getter method voices = engine.getProperty('voices') # Calling the setter method engine.setProperty('voice', voices[1].id) engine.say(audio) engine.runAndWait() |
Creating the Take_break method that will create a pop-up notification for our windows
Python3
def Take_break(): Speak("Do you want to start sir?") question = input() if "yes" in question: Speak("Starting Sir") if "no" in question: Speak("We will automatically start after 5 Mins Sir.") time.sleep(5*60) Speak("Starting Sir") # A notification we will held that # Let's Start sir and with a message of # will tell you to take a break after 45 # mins for 10 seconds while(True): notification.notify(title="Let's Start sir", message="will tell you to take a break after 45 mins", timeout=10) # For 45 min the will be no notification but # after 45 min a notification will pop up. time.sleep(0.5*60) Speak("Please Take a break Sir") notification.notify(title="Break Notification", message="Please do use your device after sometime as you have" "been continuously using it for 45 mins and it will affect your eyes", timeout=10) # Driver's Code if __name__ == '__main__': Take_break() |
Below is the Complete Code
Python3
import pyttsx3 from plyer import notification import time # Speak method def Speak(self, audio): # Calling the initial constructor # of pyttsx3 engine = pyttsx3.init('sapi5') # Calling the getter method voices = engine.getProperty('voices') # Calling the setter method engine.setProperty('voice', voices[1].id) engine.say(audio) engine.runAndWait() def Take_break(): Speak("Do you want to start sir?") question = input() if "yes" in question: Speak("Starting Sir") if "no" in question: Speak("We will automatically start after 5 Mins Sir.") time.sleep(5*60) Speak("Starting Sir") # A notification we will held that # Let's Start sir and with a message of # will tell you to take a break after 45 # mins for 10 seconds while(True): notification.notify(title="Let's Start sir", message="will tell you to take a break after 45 mins", timeout=10) # For 45 min the will be no notification but # after 45 min a notification will pop up. time.sleep(0.5*60) Speak("Please Take a break Sir") notification.notify(title="Break Notification", message="Please do use your device after sometime as you have" "been continuously using it for 45 mins and it will affect your eyes", timeout=10) # Driver's Code if __name__ == '__main__': Take_break() |
Output:
Note: A voice command is also generated.
