cards.py

# Wonderfully formatted data taken from:
# https://raw.githubusercontent.com/samurailink3/hangouts-against-humanity/master/source/data/cards.js
# Local version ("cards.json") is that exact file with the first 14 characters chopped off to make it valid JSON.
# Also changed \' to just ' and a special \" to just \".
import json
import random
from itertools import chain

import sys
try:
    from itertools import izip_longest as zip_longest
except:
    from itertools import zip_longest

questions = []
responses = []

def read_cards(filename):
    with open(filename) as f:
        cards = json.load(f)

        for card in cards:
            card_type = card['cardType']
            text = card['text']
            if card_type == 'A':
                responses.append(text)
            else:
                blanks = card['numAnswers']
                questions.append((text, blanks))

def get_message():
    question, num_blanks = random.choice(questions)
    blanks = random.sample(responses, num_blanks)
    parts = question.split('_')

    # Put semicolons in strange places to make a dramatic pause for blanks.
    parts = [part + u':' for part in parts]

    message = chain.from_iterable(zip_longest(parts, blanks, fillvalue=''))

    # Do some unwrapping and cleanup.
    message = [part for part in message if part and part != '.']
    return message

def osx_speak(message):
    subprocess.call(['say', message])

def speak(message):
    tts = gTTS(text=message, lang='en')
    tts.save("temp.mp3")
    mp3 = mp3play.load("temp.mp3")
    mp3.play()
    # Block until speaking has finished.
    while mp3.isplaying():
        pass

if sys.platform == 'darwin':
    import subprocess
    speak = osx_speak
else:
    from gtts import gTTS
    import mp3play

def main():
    read_cards("cards.json")
    message = ' '.join(get_message())
    print(message)
    speak(message)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()