On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 10:39 AM, Hans Mulder <han...@xs4all.nl> wrote: > The other prerequisite is that the use is physically near the > compueter where your Python process is running. > > If, for exmple, I'm ssh'ed into my webserver, then sending a sound > file to the server's speaker may startle someone in the data centre, > but it won't attract my attention. If, OTOH, you do: > > print "\7" > > , then an ASCII bell will be sent across the network, and my > terminal emulator will beep. >
Sure, though other of the OP's ideas preclude that too. But you could use any network protocol that acknowledges sound (MUDs use \7 following the terminal). ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
