Typewriter Sounds

[Mr.TypingSounds]

Since I switched to Ubuntu 12.04 and then had to rely completely on LibreOffice I’d only missed one thing.

A program which could launch typewriter sounds while typing. For instance, in Windows I used this: http://www.colorpilot.com/soundpilot.html for a long time.

I learned that this other writing program: http://gottcode.org/focuswriter/ had the sounds but only for the program itself.

However, Focuswriter lacks in a lot of other respects, so I’d rather stay with Libre.

Any plans of adding optional typing sounds in LibreOffice in one of your updates?

Or do you know if Ubuntu has any such plans to support the rhythm of creative writing?

I’d really like that!

[dan142]

There is a piece of software on Git that does this.

https://github.com/chrelad/keypress.

It needs the python-xlib package, so you’ll need that first.

To download it, just run the following in the terminal:

wget -O keypress.tar.gz https://github.com/chrelad/keypress/tarball/master
tar xvfz keypress.tar.gz && cd chrelad

Then to start it, run:

./keypress.py

If you want to change the sound, open keypress.py and look for the line that reads:

os.system(“aplay sounds/key01.wav”)

Change key01.wav to the name of the alternative sound file.

[obform]

Can I use this on a Mac running Mountain Lion?

[Roger1]

I’d really like some kind of typewriter sound in LibreOffice. As the commenter above, I also used the Colorpilot and also tried Focuswriter, both without success.