As part of the 2016 #includeathon challenge, Isaac Ortiz and Humberto Ortiz-Zuazaga decided to attempt the challenge: Control the keyboard and mouse vía Morse Code.
By Rhey T. Snodgrass & Victor F. Camp, 1922 - Image:Intcode.png and Image:International Morse Code.PNG, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3902977
http://morsecode.scphillips.com/morse.html
- left click is dot, right click is dash.
- short press is dot, long press is dash.
We've only implemented 1.
Morseshim is written in python3.
The requirements.txt files lists the python modules we use: autogui and pynput. You can try installing from the requirements file, but on Ubuntu I had to install a few extra packages. See the instalation instructions for autogui on their page:
https://pyautogui.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
The pynput module allows reading and writing keyboard and mouse events as well. It may be possible to make this program with only pyinput. I leave the exercise to the reader.
I think moving to PyUserInput will allow capturing of mouse click events, and sending keyboard and mouse inputs.
Another alternative for linux is the evdev framework for input devices.
To run the program run python3 morseshim.py in a terminal.
The program will listen to left and right clicks, and translate them to dots and dashes. To end a letter, long press the last morse character of the letter. For example, H is di di di dit in morse (....), so you should do:
Left click Left click Left click Press and hold left, then release.
The program doesn't have to have the input focus to receive events, so you can use it to control any program.
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