Tim, Thanks for posting this. I have several uses for this WMI module at my work.
--Bill On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 04:07, Tim Golden <m...@timgolden.me.uk> wrote: > On 17/01/2011 03:01, FT wrote: > >> Is there a way to read the battery level using Python? >> >> I am totally blind and want to write a script to capture the battery >> level and send it through the voice activeX so I can speak it... >> > > WMI should be able to query the battery information: > > <code> > import wmi > > c = wmi.WMI () > for battery in c.Win32_Battery (): > print battery.Caption, battery.EstimatedChargeRemaining > > </code> > > The pure-python wmi module is based here: > > http://timgolden.me.uk/python/wmi/index.html > > and can be installed via easy_install / pip. > > Information on the attributes of the Win32_Battery class are > available here: > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394074%28v=vs.85%29.aspx > > > You might also be interested in the pyttsx project > (successor to the Windows-specific pytts): > > http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyttsx/1.0 > > although if you have existing code to work with an ActiveX > control then I doubt it brings you any advantages. > > TJG > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor >
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