chat: push to record

Co-authored-by: Randy Mackay <rmackay9@yahoo.com>

MAVProxy/modules/mavproxy_chat/chat_voice_to_text.py

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 AP_FLAKE8_CLEAN
 '''
 
-import time
 
 try:
     import pyaudio  # install using, "sudo apt-get install python3-pyaudio"
@@ -15,10 +14,13 @@
     print("chat: failed to import pyaudio, wave or openai.  See https://ardupilot.org/mavproxy/docs/modules/chat.html")
     exit()
 
+# initializing the global list to keep and update the stop_recording state
+stop_recording = [False]
+
 
 class chat_voice_to_text():
     def __init__(self):
-        # initialise OpenAI connection
+        # initialise variables
         self.client = None
         self.assistant = None
 
@@ -53,22 +55,18 @@ def record_audio(self):
             print("chat: failed to connect to microphone")
             return None
 
-        # calculate time recording should stop
-        curr_time = time.time()
-        time_stop = curr_time + 5
-
         # record until specified time
         frames = []
-        while curr_time < time_stop:
+        # while curr_time < time_stop and not self.stop_recording:
+        while not stop_recording[0]:
             data = stream.read(1024)
             frames.append(data)
-            curr_time = time.time()
 
         # Stop and close the stream
         stream.stop_stream()
         stream.close()
         p.terminate()
-
+        stop_recording[0] = False
         # Save audio file
         wf = wave.open("recording.wav", "wb")
         wf.setnchannels(1)

MAVProxy/modules/mavproxy_chat/chat_window.py

@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ def __init__(self, mpstate, wait_for_command_ack_fn):
 
         # add a record button
         self.record_button = wx.Button(self.frame, id=-1, label="Rec", size=(75, 25))
+        self.record_button.Bind(wx.EVT_LEFT_DOWN, self.record_button_pushed)
+        self.record_button.Bind(wx.EVT_LEFT_UP, self.record_button_released)
         self.frame.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.record_button_click, self.record_button)
         self.horiz_sizer.Add(self.record_button, proportion=0, flag=wx.ALIGN_TOP | wx.ALL, border=5)
 
@@ -121,7 +123,7 @@ def apikey_close_button_click(self, event):
 
     # record button clicked
     def record_button_click(self, event):
-        # run record_button_click_execute in a new thread
+        print("record button clicked")
         th = Thread(target=self.record_button_click_execute, args=(event,))
         th.start()
 
@@ -146,6 +148,19 @@ def record_button_click_execute(self, event):
         self.set_status_text("sending text to assistasnt")
         self.send_text_to_assistant()
 
+    # record button pushed
+    def record_button_pushed(self, event):
+        # run record_button_click_execute in a new thread
+        self.set_status_text("recording button pressed")
+        self.record_button_click(event)
+
+    # record button released
+    def record_button_released(self, event):
+        # Run when mous click is released
+        self.set_status_text("recording button released")
+        # set the stop_recording status to True
+        chat_voice_to_text.stop_recording[0] = True
+
     # cancel button clicked
     def cancel_button_click(self, event):
         self.chat_openai.cancel_run()