noise-machine

Noise Machine

What It Does

Plays relaxing ambient sounds (rain, ocean waves, cafe, white noise, etc.) for a user-selected duration. Users can stop playback anytime by saying “stop”.

Suggested Trigger Words

• "noise machine"
• "sound machine"
• "sleep sounds"
• "play rain"
• "ocean waves"
• "white noise"
• "cafe sounds"
• "forest birds"

Setup

• Audio files: Upload the 15 MP3 files into the Ability workspace (same folder as main.py), with these exact names:
  • rain.mp3
  • heavy_rain.mp3
  • ocean_waves.mp3
  • river_stream.mp3
  • white_noise.mp3
  • pink_noise.mp3
  • brown_noise.mp3
  • forest_birds.mp3
  • crickets.mp3
  • campfire.mp3
  • wind.mp3
  • thunder.mp3
  • cafe.mp3
  • fan.mp3
  • waterfall.mp3
• Trigger words: Set your trigger phrases in the OpenHome editor (these should match what you want users to say out loud).
• No API keys required.

How It Works

1. The user launches the ability using a trigger phrase (e.g., “noise machine”).
2. The ability asks what sound the user wants (or matches it if they already said one).
3. The ability asks for a duration (e.g., “30 minutes”, “one hour”, “hour and a half”).
4. It plays the selected sound in a loop until the timer ends or the user says “stop”.
5. The ability exits cleanly back to normal OpenHome flow.

Example Conversation

User: "noise machine"
AI: "Noise machine ready. Popular sounds are: Rain, Ocean waves, White noise, Campfire, Forest birds. What would you like to hear?"
User: "cafe"
AI: "How long should I play it? You can say 30 minutes or 1 hour."
User: "one hour"
AI: "Playing Cafe for 1 hour. Say stop anytime."
User: "stop"
AI: "Okay, stopped."