Fix PermissionError on Windows for playsound

Convert ``FileIO`` object's attributes to strings
Windows doesn't ``PathLike`` attributes

jarvis_ui/executables/starter.py

@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@
 import string
 import struct
 from datetime import datetime
+from multiprocessing import Process
 from multiprocessing.managers import DictProxy  # noqa
+from threading import Timer
 from typing import NoReturn, Union
 
 import pvporcupine
@@ -54,8 +56,18 @@ def processor() -> Union[str, None]:
             if response is True:
                 logger.info("Response received as audio.")
                 display.write_screen("Response received as audio.")
-                playsound(sound=fileio.speech_wav_file)
-                os.remove(fileio.speech_wav_file)
+                # Because Windows runs into PermissionError if audio file is open when removing it
+                if settings.operating_system == "Windows":
+                    player = Process(target=playsound, kwargs={'sound': fileio.speech_wav_file})
+                    player.start()
+                    player.join()
+                    if player.is_alive():
+                        player.terminate()
+                        player.kill()
+                    Timer(interval=3, function=os.remove, args=(fileio.speech_wav_file,)).start()
+                else:
+                    playsound(sound=fileio.speech_wav_file)
+                    os.remove(fileio.speech_wav_file)
                 return
             response = response.get('detail', '')
             logger.info(f"Response: {response}")

jarvis_ui/main.py

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ def start() -> NoReturn:
     from jarvis_ui.modules.models import env  # noqa: F401
     status_manager = Manager().dict()
     status_manager["LOCKED"] = False  # Instantiate DictProxy
+    # todo: Process won't work for Linux as it doesn't stream on audio I/O devices in child processes
     process = Process(target=initiator, args=(status_manager,))
     process.name = pathlib.Path(__file__).stem
     process.start()

jarvis_ui/modules/models.py

@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
 
 
 settings = Settings()
+# Intermittently changes to Windows_NT because of pydantic
+if settings.operating_system.startswith('Windows'):
+    settings.operating_system = "Windows"
 
 
 def import_module() -> NoReturn:
@@ -211,6 +214,10 @@ class FileIO(BaseSettings):
 
 env = EnvConfig()
 fileio = FileIO()
+# because playaudio in Windows uses string concatenation assuming input sound is going to be a string
+if settings.operating_system == "Windows":
+    for key, value in fileio.__dict__.items():
+        setattr(fileio, key, value.__str__())
 raw_token = env.token
 env.token = UNICODE_PREFIX + UNICODE_PREFIX.join(binascii.hexlify(data=env.token.encode(encoding="utf-8"),
                                                                   sep="-").decode(encoding="utf-8").split(sep="-"))

release_notes.rst

@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 Release Notes
 =============
 
+0.6.0 (05/09/2023)
+------------------
+- Fix ``PermissionError`` on Windows for playsound
+- Convert ``FileIO`` object's attributes to strings
+- Windows doesn't ``PathLike`` attributes
+
 0.5.9 (05/09/2023)
 ------------------
 - Improve audio quality on predefined responses