Voice Keyer

I asked Claude AI to find me a voice keyer written in python 3 so I could eventually add it to FDLog_Enhanced.
Instead it wrote one in minutes. I then gave it to Claude Code to sweat over.
You got your choice! A female robot to seduce QSOs or record your own voice.

A standalone voice keyer for amateur radio operators. Assign voice messages to F1-F8 keys using text-to-speech or your own recorded audio.

Features

• 8 programmable F-key slots (F1-F8) for quick message playback
• Text-to-Speech mode - type a message and have it spoken automatically
• Recording mode - record your own voice for each slot (requires sounddevice and soundfile)
• Per-slot mode switching - mix TTS and recorded messages across slots
• Adjustable speed and volume for TTS playback
• Keyboard shortcuts - press F1-F8 to play, Escape to stop
• Persistent settings - messages, modes, and voice settings saved between sessions
• Preloaded examples - one-click load of common amateur radio messages (CQ, signal reports, etc.)
• Standalone executable - build a single .exe with PyInstaller

Requirements

• Python 3.7+
• pyttsx3 (required)
• sounddevice (optional, enables recording)
• soundfile (optional, enables recording)
• numpy (optional, required with sounddevice)

The app works in TTS-only mode if sounddevice/soundfile are not installed.

Installation

git clone https://github.com/scotthibbs/Voice_Keyer.git
cd Voice_Keyer
pip install -r requirements.txt

To enable recording support:

pip install sounddevice soundfile numpy

Usage

python voice_keyer_tts.py

1. Type a message into any F-key slot and press Play or the corresponding F-key
2. To use a recorded message, toggle the slot to Rec mode, click Record, speak, then click Stop
3. Adjust TTS speed and volume with the sliders
4. Press Escape to stop any playback

Recordings are saved as WAV files in ~/.voice_keyer_recordings/. Settings are saved to ~/.voice_keyer_tts_config.json.

Building a Standalone Executable

python build.py

This produces Voice_Keyer_TTS.exe (Windows) using PyInstaller.

License

MIT