python library to beep motherboard speaker

Question

I need a python way to beep the system/motherboard speaker independent of the speakers attached to my computer. I don't always have the speakers turned on, so i need to beep the motherboard speaker.

All the libraries i've seen (winsound especially), just play a sound through the speakers attached to my computer. I'd like to beep the system/motherboard speaker.

Is there a way to beep the system speaker? I'm okay with Windows dependent libraries.

Answer 1

just print '\a' to stdout

print '\a'   # for python3, print('\a')

if you don't want a newline be printed

print '\a\b', # for python3. print('\a\b', end='')
sys.stdout.flush()

Answer 2

Use a call to the command line:

>>> from subprocess import call
>>> call(["echo", u'\x07'])

As $ echo ^G - ^G is the character for motherboard beep - will produce that sound, to do it with python you only have to execute the comand.