Audio Debugger

README.md

Audio Debugger

A tiny debugger that's useful for echo testing programs with no output, and saving time. Requires espeak.

Inspired by: http://blog.loftdigital.com/blog/debugging-with-audio

Usage

ad = require 'audio-debug'
ad 'Hello World!'

audio-debug.js

// Audio Debugger
//
// Author: Brendan Mc.
// Date: Sept 15, 2012
//
// Requires espeak.

var espeak = require('child_process').spawn('espeak');

exports = module.exports = function(out) {
    if (!espeak.stdin.writable) {
        throw new Error('Espeak daemon not available.');
    }
    
    espeak.stdin.write(out + "\n");
}

package.json

{
    "name": "audio-debug",
    "description" : "A tiny debugger that's useful for echo testing programs with no output, and saving time.",
    "author" : "Brendan Mc. <brendan@bren2010.com>",
    "version": "0.0.1",
    "repository": {
        "type" : "git",
        "url" : "https://gist.github.com/3729833"
    },
    "main" : "./audio-debug.js",
    "dependencies": {}
}