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+## What's this?
+
+evtone is a command-line program that plays tones on any beeper device on
+Linux, such as your PC speaker or the pwm-beeper module.
+
+Unlike 'beep' or similar tools, evtone only supports outputting SND_TONE events
+to devices you'll find in /dev/input. No attempt to play tones through the
+connected terminal is supported.
+
+## How do I use it?
+
+Copy and pasted from evtone --help:
+
+```
+Usage: evtone [OPTION...] TONE [TONE...]
+TONE is of the format HZ:MILLISECONDS
+Up to 256 TONEs may be specified at once.
+
+  -d, --dry-run              Print what the program will do
+  -D, --device=FILE          /dev/input device to use to play tones
+                             If not supplied the device will be guessed
+  -?, --help                 Give this help list
+      --usage                Give a short usage message
+  -V, --version              Print program version
+
+Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional
+for any corresponding short options.
+
+Examples:
+  "evtone 440:1500" plays a tone of 440Hz for 1500 milliseconds.
+  "evtone 440:1500 300:10" plays a 440Hz tone for 1500 milliseconds
+    followed by a 300Hz tone for 10 milliseconds
+  "evtone -d 440:1500 300:10" will print what the program will do
+    instead of actually doing it
+  "evtone -D /dev/input/event2 440:1000" will play a 440Hz tone for
+    1000 milliseconds using the /dev/input/event2 device
+```
+
+## System requirements
+
+You need the following to build and run this software:
+
+- Linux kernel
+- glibc
+- GCC (for building only)
+- Meson (for building only)
+
+To build and run with Meson use these commands:
+
+```
+$ meson setup build
+$ cd build
+$ ninja
+$ ./evtone
+```
+
+If you really dislike Meson, you can build with just GCC like this:
+
+```
+$ gcc evtone.c -o evtone
+$ ./evtone
+```
+
+## TODO
+
+There's always new stuff to add to software. Some future ideas for evtone:
+
+- Support for SND_BELL if drivers that don't support SND_TONE exist
+- Add a bash script to play some tune
+- Find bugs (I'm sure they're there!)
+
+## License
+
+evtone is licensed under the [MIT license](LICENSE).
+
+- Copyright: 2022 Jookia <contact@jookia.org>
+- SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT