remove verbose; add noise

botable/__main__.py

@@ -50,7 +50,12 @@
         default=0,
         help="in 'play' mode: how many events the first loop will skip, default is 0 event skipped",
     )
-    arg_parser.add_argument("--playback-verbose", required=False, type=bool)
+    arg_parser.add_argument(
+        "--playback-noise",
+        required=False,
+        type=bool,
+        help="in 'play' mode: to add noise to the time intervals between events",
+    )
     args = arg_parser.parse_args()
 
     mode = args.mode

botable/botable.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from collections import deque
 from contextlib import suppress
+import random
 import time
 from typing import Deque, Iterable, Iterator, List, Optional, Union, NamedTuple, Tuple
 from pynput import keyboard, mouse  # type: ignore
@@ -109,13 +110,13 @@ def play(
     rate: float = 1.0,
     delay: float = 1.0,
     offset: int = 0,
-    verbose: bool = False,
+    noise: bool = False,
 ) -> Iterator[ButtonEvent]:
     """
     Waits `delay` and then iterates on `events` to play them,
       optionally playing them at a modified speed `rate`,
       optionally skipping the first `offset` events,
-      optionally logging the played events if `verbose`.
+      optionally adding noise to the time intervals between events (the original interval remains the minimum).
     Once `button_events` is exhausted the entire collected set of event will optionally be replayed additional times if `loops` > 1.
     Pressing the `exit_key` will terminate the recording.
     Pressing the `pause_key` will pause/resume the recording.
@@ -157,9 +158,6 @@ def on_press(key: keyboard.Key):
                 while continue_ and paused_at:
                     time.sleep(0.5)
 
-                if verbose:
-                    print(button_event)
-
                 if loop_index == 0 and offset > event_index:
                     continue
 
@@ -176,7 +174,10 @@ def on_press(key: keyboard.Key):
                 else:
                     evaluated_button = eval(button_event.button)
 
-                time.sleep(button_event.seconds_since_last_event / rate)
+                sleep_duration = button_event.seconds_since_last_event / rate
+                if noise:
+                    sleep_duration *= (1 + random.betavariate(2, 5) / 2)
+                time.sleep(sleep_duration)
 
                 if button_event.pressed:
                     ctrl.press(evaluated_button)