Speak battery status on Linux (ubuntu/Lubuntu), requires vlc, text to speech, input timeout python libs.

SpeakBatteryStatus.py

import subprocess, time, vlc
from gtts import gTTS
from inputimeout import inputimeout, TimeoutOccurred

print("Hello, world!\n")
# upower -i /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT1

language = 'en'
playLines = ""
exitPromptEmpty = ""
while exitPromptEmpty == '':
    
    # Read battery status.
    result = subprocess.run(["upower", "-i", "/org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT1"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE).stdout.decode("utf-8")
    
    # Filter battery status.
    for line in result.splitlines():
        if ("state" in line):
            print(line)
            playLines = playLines + line
        elif ("time to empty" in line):
            print(line)
            playLines = playLines + line
        elif ("percentage" in line):
            print(line)
            playLines = playLines + line

    # Prepare audio from filtered battery status.
    myobj = gTTS(text=playLines, lang=language, slow=False)
    myobj.save("welcome.mp3")
    # Play battery status audio.
    player = vlc.MediaPlayer("welcome.mp3")
    player.play()
    time.sleep(1.5)
    duration = player.get_length() / 1000
    #Prompt for exit until timeout.
    try:
        exitPromptEmpty = inputimeout(prompt='Enter any char to exit: ', timeout=120)
    except TimeoutOccurred:
        exitPromptEmpty = ''
    if exitPromptEmpty == '':
        print("Continuing reading battery status...")
    else:
        print("Exiting battery read status")