Python: Making a beep noise

I'm trying to get the program to give me a beeping noise. I'm on a windows machine. I've looked at http://docs.python.org/library/winsound.html

But not sure how I can program this with a barcode scanner.

Here is my code for the serial barcode scanner.

ser = serial.Serial()
ser.baudrate = 9600

#for windows
ser.port = 2 #for COM3

ser.open()
ser.write('hello')
ser.close()

UPDATE: Since I'm annoying my co-workers with the beep. Can I get it to come through the audio jack for headphones?

Solution 1:

On Windows, if you want to just make the computer make a beep sound:

import winsound
frequency = 2500  # Set Frequency To 2500 Hertz
duration = 1000  # Set Duration To 1000 ms == 1 second
winsound.Beep(frequency, duration)

The winsound.Beep() can be used wherever you want the beep to occur.

Solution 2:

The cross-platform way to do this is to print('\a'). This will send the ASCII Bell character to stdout, and will hopefully generate a beep (a for 'alert'). Note that many modern terminal emulators provide the option to ignore bell characters.

Since you're on Windows, you'll be happy to hear that Windows has its own (brace yourself) Beep API, which allows you to send beeps of arbitrary length and pitch. Note that this is a Windows-only solution, so you should probably prefer print('\a') unless you really care about Hertz and milliseconds.

The Beep API is accessed through the winsound module: http://docs.python.org/library/winsound.html