# play a wave sound on a Windows Box 
# Python23 tested   vegaseat   2/8/2005 
import winsound 
import time 
# pick a wave file supplied by Windows XP or one of your own ... 
# soundfile = "c:\\Windows\\Media\\chimes.wav" 
# Python also accepts the forward slash 
soundfile = "c:/Windows/Media/chimes.wav" 
winsound.PlaySound(soundfile, winsound.SND_FILENAME|winsound.SND_ASYNC) 
# wait one and a half seconds 
time.sleep(1.5) 
# play the system exit sound if set 
winsound.PlaySound("SystemExit", winsound.SND_ALIAS)