From aff8a8dd4396b570b2126cbfb350168b5b39c593 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: deadvey <deadvey@localhost.localdomain>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2026 18:27:39 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] added a dedicated sleep function

---
 README.md      | 5 +++++
 dictate.py     | 9 ++++-----
 maths.py       | 7 +++++++
 quotes/en.json | 4 +++-
 4 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d67c161..8fd7f7c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ c,f,h,i,l,m,o,q,t,u,v,w<br/>
 **--help, -h**<br/>
 		Output's this help text and exits<br/>
 
+## TODO
+- Get the dictation to work with non-latin letters
+- Get more languages supported
+- Make the voice sound less robotic
+
 ## Languages
 Current languages: English or Spanish, I plan to add more though.<br/>
 The languages were downloaded from monkeytype.com
diff --git a/dictate.py b/dictate.py
index 0bed272..1969226 100644
--- a/dictate.py
+++ b/dictate.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def words(config, engine):
 		engine.say(word)
 		engine.runAndWait()
 		# Break between words as determined by the wpm
-		time.sleep(1/(config['wpm']/60))
+		maths.sleep(config['wpm'])
 
 #                                               TIMED                                      #
 def timed(config, engine):
@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@ def timed(config, engine):
 		print(f'{word} ')
 		engine.runAndWait()
 		# Break between words as determined by the wpm
-		time.sleep(1/(config['wpm']/60))
-
+		maths.sleep(config['wpm'])
 		# check if too much time has elapsed for mode: time
 		now = time.time()
 		# Break condition
@@ -73,7 +72,7 @@ def quote(config, engine):
 		engine.say(word)
 		engine.runAndWait()
 		# Break between words as determined by the wpm
-		time.sleep(1/(config['wpm']/60))
+		maths.sleep(config['wpm'])
 
 #                                                 FILE                                   #
 def file(config, engine):
@@ -93,4 +92,4 @@ def file(config, engine):
 				engine.say(word)
 				engine.runAndWait()
 				# Break between words as determined by the wpm
-				time.sleep(1/(config['wpm']/60))
+				maths.sleep(config['wpm'])
diff --git a/maths.py b/maths.py
index 3035ca6..939d24f 100644
--- a/maths.py
+++ b/maths.py
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 import random
+import time
+
 # Random number generator that's biased towards 0
 def biased_random(max_value, strength=3):
     return round((random.random() ** strength) * max_value)
+def sleep(wpm):
+	sleep_time = (1/(wpm/60))-1
+	if sleep_time > 0.0:
+		time.sleep(sleep_time)
+
diff --git a/quotes/en.json b/quotes/en.json
index 050dad5..931faed 100644
--- a/quotes/en.json
+++ b/quotes/en.json
@@ -105,5 +105,7 @@
 { "quote":"A computer is like air conditioning - it becomes useless when you open Windows", "author":"Linus Torvalds"},
 { "quote":"Most good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun to program.", "author": "Linus Torvalds"},
 { "quote":"An idiot admires complexity, a genius admires simplicity.", "author":"Terry A. Davis"},
-{ "quote":"It is not the well-fed long-haired man I fear, but the pale and the hungry looking.", "author":"Gauis Julius Caesar"}
+{ "quote":"It is not the well-fed long-haired man I fear, but the pale and the hungry looking.", "author":"Gauis Julius Caesar"},
+{ "quote":"No, Luke, I am your father", "author":"Anakin Skywalker"},
+{ "quote":"Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?", "author":"J.R.R. Tolkien (Gandalf)"}
 ]