GTTS module error, ImportError: cannot import name gTTS

Question

I am trying to make a Voice assistant in python using this code

import os
from gtts import gTTs
import time
import playsound
import speech_recognition as sr



def speak(text):
    tts = gTTS(text=text, lang="en")
    filename = "voice.mp3"
    tts.save(filename)
    playsound.playsound(filename)

def get_audio():
    r = sr.Recognizer()
    with sr.Microphone() as source:
        audio = r.listen(source)
        said = ""

        try:
            said = r.recognize_google(audio)
            print(said)
        except Exception as e:
            print("Exception: " + str(e))

    return said


text = get_audio()

if "who are you" in text:
    speak(" I am Friday the virtual assistant")

And when i run it, it shows this error ImportError: cannot import name gTTS

Any help would be amazing :)

Edit:I have changed it to gTTS and still get ImportError: cannot import name gTTS

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 22 '20 at 12:56

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Try replacing

from gtts import gTTs

with

from gtts import gTTS

(Note the capital S)

answered Jul 22 '20 at 12:56

Jasmijn

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I have changed the code and still comes up with the error? Thanks for your help – qwertyboy2020 Jul 24 '20 at 09:29
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Could you edit your question and copy/paste the actual error traceback into it? Because you shouldn't be getting that error any more. – Jasmijn Jul 24 '20 at 16:57
We need the whole traceback: the piece of output that starts with `Traceback (most recent call last):` and ends with the error message. – Jasmijn Jul 25 '20 at 12:28
Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Users/Me/Desktop/Friday.py", line 5, in from gtts import gTTS ImportError: cannot import name gTTS – qwertyboy2020 Jul 25 '20 at 19:05
Could you try this for me: `import gtts; print(dir(gtts))` and tell me what it outputs? – Jasmijn Jul 26 '20 at 00:14
I get this Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Users/Me/Desktop/Friday.py", line 5, in import gtts; print(dir(gtts)) File "/Users/Me/Desktop/gtts.py", line 5, in ImportError: cannot import name gTTS – qwertyboy2020 Jul 26 '20 at 08:31
I am on mac os btw – qwertyboy2020 Jul 26 '20 at 08:46
Oh I see. You need to rename your `gtts.py`. It conflicts with the gtts library. – Jasmijn Jul 26 '20 at 15:16
I have one more quick question do you know how i could search wolfram alpha with this? – qwertyboy2020 Jul 26 '20 at 19:21
I don't, that would be better asked in a separate question – Jasmijn Jul 26 '20 at 19:37

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 03 '21 at 00:29

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I also got this problem once because i named my python file as gtts.py so i changed the name of the file to something else and it stopped giving error.

answered Apr 03 '21 at 00:29

Ismail Ibrahim

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 26 '20 at 12:51

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First you have to install the gtts module with this command by going to the terminal and type following line:

pip install gTTS

After you install this, import like this:

from gtts import gTTS

answered Dec 26 '20 at 12:51

user14890196

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 26 '21 at 07:53

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I got the same error. Just make sure you are using the right python Interpreter.

answered Sep 26 '21 at 07:53

sadric adigbe

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GTTS module error, ImportError: cannot import name gTTS

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