sound_play/test.py_worksWell_11Dec06

    #!/usr/bin/env python
    PACKAGE_NAME = 'Package'
    NODE_NAME = 'PuddingSound'
    import roslib; roslib.load_manifest(PACKAGE_NAME)
    import rospy
    from sensor_msgs.msg import Joy
    from sound_play.msg import SoundRequest
    from sound_play.libsoundplay import SoundClient
    class SpeechDebug(object):
        def __init__(self):
            self.speechCount = 0
            self.voiceType = rospy.get_param(NODE_NAME + "/VOICE_TYPE", "voice_cmu_us_clb_arctic_clunits")  # different voice source doesn't seem to make different to the issue.
            for i in range(0, 50):
                self.speak("You got pudding", self.voiceType)
                rospy.sleep(2)
            rospy.spin()
        def speak(self, text, voiceType):
            self.speechCount += 1
            text += " #" + str(self.speechCount)
            rospy.loginfo('Now saying: %s, count: %d' % (text, self.speechCount))
            self.soundhandle = SoundClient()
            self.soundhandle.say(text, voiceType)
            rospy.sleep(2)
            self.soundhandle.stopAll()
    if __name__ == '__main__':
        rospy.init_node('say', anonymous = True)
        j = SpeechDebug()