Python pyttsx3 throws an error on startup

Question

Python 3.6

There is a code:

import pyttsx3
engine = pyttsx3.init()
engine.say("Hello World!")
engine.runAndWait()

At startup, it gives an error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\andre\PycharmProjects\Ilona\venv\lib\site-packages\pyttsx3\__init__.py", line 20, in init
    eng = _activeEngines[driverName]
  File "C:\Users\andre\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\lib\weakref.py", line 131, in __getitem__
    o = self.data[key]()
KeyError: None

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:/Users/andre/PycharmProjects/Ilona/main.py", line 2, in <module>
    engine = pyttsx3.init()
  File "C:\Users\andre\PycharmProjects\Ilona\venv\lib\site-packages\pyttsx3\__init__.py", line 22, in init
    eng = Engine(driverName, debug)
  File "C:\Users\andre\PycharmProjects\Ilona\venv\lib\site-packages\pyttsx3\engine.py", line 30, in __init__
    self.proxy = driver.DriverProxy(weakref.proxy(self), driverName, debug)
  File "C:\Users\andre\PycharmProjects\Ilona\venv\lib\site-packages\pyttsx3\driver.py", line 52, in __init__
    self._driver = self._module.buildDriver(weakref.proxy(self))
  File "C:\Users\andre\PycharmProjects\Ilona\venv\lib\site-packages\pyttsx3\drivers\sapi5.py", line 30, in buildDriver
    return SAPI5Driver(proxy)
  File "C:\Users\andre\PycharmProjects\Ilona\venv\lib\site-packages\pyttsx3\drivers\sapi5.py", line 47, in __init__
    self.setProperty('voice', self.getProperty('voice'))
  File "C:\Users\andre\PycharmProjects\Ilona\venv\lib\site-packages\pyttsx3\drivers\sapi5.py", line 100, in setProperty
    token = self._tokenFromId(value)
  File "C:\Users\andre\PycharmProjects\Ilona\venv\lib\site-packages\pyttsx3\drivers\sapi5.py", line 80, in _tokenFromId
    tokens = self._tts.GetVoices()
_ctypes.COMError: (-2147200967, None, (None, None, None, 0, None))

Pywin32, pypiwin32 and pyttsx3 modules installed.

Using PyCharm.

What to do?

abhigyanj · Answer 1 · 2020-10-27T08:19:40.173

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Open Command Prompt / Terminal and type:

pip uninstall pyttsx3
pip install pyttsx3==2.71

If that does not work replace engine=pyttsx3.init() with engine=pyttsx3.init('dummy')

edited Oct 27 '20 at 08:19

answered Oct 27 '20 at 08:09

abhigyanj

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I replaced ```engine = pyttsx3.init ()``` with ```engine = pyttsx3.init ('dummy')```, there is no error but the program says nothing – Andrey Vecher Oct 27 '20 at 08:31

RushR · Answer 2 · 2020-10-27T17:24:22.743

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pip uninstall pyttsx3
pip install -u pipenv
pipenv install pyttsx3 Hope this works

edited Oct 27 '20 at 17:24

answered Oct 27 '20 at 08:47

RushR

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Python pyttsx3 throws an error on startup

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