Chinese Bluetooth Lady

Adds the Chinese Bluetooth Lady voice for connecting and disconnecting Bluetooth devices on Linux.

Dependencies

Debian/Ubuntu:

sudo apt install libsox-fmt-mp3 bluetoothctl

Note

Other distributions, such as Arch and Fedora are not yet officially supported.

Installation

Clone the repository to your local machine:

git clone https://github.com/Pahheb/chinese-bluetooth-lady

Enter the directory:

cd chinese-bluetooth-lady

Run the shell file:

• Option 1:

chinese_bluetooth_lady.sh

• Option 2 (If bash is not your default shell):

sh chinese_bluetooth_lady.sh

Autostart on boot (optional)

Note

The following options were interpreted from Baeldung.

Option 1: Cron

You must edit the crontab file by firstly writing this:

crontab -e

And then adding the following line, where /path/to/chinese_bluetooth_lady.sh represents the location of the script:

@reboot sh /path/to/chinese_bluetooth_lady.sh

Option 2: rc.local

You must append the following line to rc.local, which already runs at every bootup by editing:

/etc/rc.d/rc.local

And adding the following line, where /path/to/chinese_bluetooth_lady.sh represents the location of the script:

sh /path/to/chinese_bluetooth_lady.sh

And then, make sure that the rc.local file is executable for it to work:

chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.local

Option 3: Systemd service

You must create a chinese_bluetooth_lady.service file under /etc/systemd/system with the following content, where /path/to/chinese_bluetooth_lady.sh represents the location of the script:

[Unit]
Description=Reboot message systemd service.

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/bin/bash /path/to/chinese_bluetooth_lady.sh

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

And then enable it with the following commands:

chmod 644 /etc/systemd/system/chinese_bluetooth_lady.service
systemctl enable chinese_bluetooth_lady.service

Customization

To make "The Bluetooth device is ready to pair" sound play at initial PC bootup, uncomment the following command on line 22:

chinese-bluetooth-lady/chinese_bluetooth_lady.sh

Line 22 in ad1d71f

#play "$DISCONNECTED_SOUND"

The checking interval of the connected bluetooth device is set to 3 seconds by default, which results in a slight delay of the sound being played when a device is paired/disconnected.

This interval can be adjusted on line 44 to be quicker (higher CPU usage), or slower (higher delay):

chinese-bluetooth-lady/chinese_bluetooth_lady.sh

Line 44 in ad1d71f

sleep 3 # Adjust the interval as needed