System Beep?

ssmitch at gmail.com ssmitch at gmail.com
Tue Mar 12 09:13:40 EDT 2019


On Saturday, March 9, 2019 at 12:53:35 AM UTC-5, Terry Reedy wrote:
> On 3/8/2019 1:13 PM, Steve wrote:
> > How can I cause a system beep using code?
> 
>  >>> import winsound as ws
>  >>> ws.Beep(500, 1000)
> 
> and
> 
>  >>> from tkinter import Tk
>  >>> root = Tk()
>  >>> root.bell()
> 
> work for me.  The bell is not exactly a bell, but different from a 
> monotone beep.
> 
> -- 
> Terry Jan Reedy

Another way that works (at least in Python 2.7) is
>>> import winsound
>>> winsound.MessageBeep(-1)

Not exactly a beep, but definitely a pleasant alert.

Stephen Mitchell 



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