title: how to connect HAL using dbus
body: <p>I'm using python and dbus. What i really need is a way to get the input from my microphone into my python program and then play it back from the program. I googled a lot and it seems pyaudio might do the trick but pyaudio does not work with my ubuntu 10.04. </p>
  
  <p>The next option i saw was telepathy. But i don't need something that big, either. Seeing how telepathy works over dbus, i fugured this might be the way to go.</p>
  
  <p>Unfortunately i'm unable to connect to the Harware Abstraction LAyer ans use it to get the input from my microphone. Is there any way to do this, or should i seek elsewhere?</p>