pyttsx: No module named 'engine' - text-to-speech

Question

I'm trying to install TTS package by using this. Everything was okay until I tried to execute the following command:
import pyttsx
I got back this error:
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/pyttsx/__init__.py", line 18, in module <br>
from engine import Engine<br>
ImportError: No module named 'engine'
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you!

Answer 1

Guys there is an updated package compatible with Python3 :
pyttsx3
Works offline with no delay in the sound produced.
Installation:
pip install pyttsx3
Visit https://pyttsx3.readthedocs.io for the full usage docs.
Thanks!

Answer 2

Combining the advice from Jacob Tsui and Jokhongir Mamarasulov worked for me. To summarize:
In site_packages/pyttsx/init.py, modify "from engine import Engine" to
from .engine import Engine
Then, in site_packages/pyttsx/engine.py,
Modify import driver to
from . import driver
Modify except Exception, e to
except Exception as e
And finally, in site_packages/pyttsx/driver.py modify except Exception, e to
except Exception as e
See the responses from the aforementioned authors for the rationale behind these changes.

Answer 3

I just had the same problem, try using pyttsx3 instead of pyttsx
First install pyttsx3
pip install pyttsx3
and change the
import pyttsx
for
import pyttsx3
After that you have to change engine import (if you're using it in your main .py file). Use engineio instead. Install it
pip install python-engineio
then change import engine for import engineio and change your variables.
Here's an example
import pyttsx3
# import engineio #engineio module is not needed.
engineio = pyttsx3.init()
voices = engineio.getProperty('voices')
engineio.setProperty('rate', 130) # Aquí puedes seleccionar la velocidad de la voz
engineio.setProperty('voice',voices[0].id)
def speak(text):
engineio.say(text)
engineio.runAndWait()
speak("What do you want me to say?")
while(1):
phrase = input("--> ")
if (phrase == "exit"):
exit(0)
speak(phrase)
print(voices)
Hope this helps someone

Answer 4

For Python3, please install the latest version via pip3 install pyttsx3 and call import pyttsx3.

Answer 5

I found out the solution. Library was created in python2 language and there are not a lot of differences between those 2 versions, but exclusively in this case that occurs.
Move to your DP folder and change in engine.py "except Exception as e" instead of "except Exception, e", line 67. Do the same in drive.py, line 105.
Because of files are secured try to execute, e. g.
sudo nano engine.py (or drive.py)
I guess I helped everyone with that kind of problem. :)

Answer 6

Modify site_packages/pyttsx/init.py "from engine import Engine" to
from .engine import Engine
Modify site_packages/pyttsx/engine.py "import driver" to
from . import driver
Reason: The import statement "from engine import Engine" tells python to import Engine module from directory engine. In our case engine is not a directory, it's a python file, engine.py. So we need to tell python to import this engine module from current directory (".").

Answer 7

I used this code after
pip install pywin32 pypiwin32 pyttsx3
and it worked perfectly for me
import os
import sys
import pyttsx3
engine = pyttsx3.init()
engine.say('hello world ')
engine.runAndWait()

Answer 8

I had the same issue.
First Try this command:
pip install pyttsx3
and then don't use
import pyttsx
use this
import pyttsx3
It will work.

Answer 9

pyttsx: No module named 'engine'
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/pyttsx/__init__.py", line 18, in module <br>
from engine import Engine<br>
ImportError: No module named 'engine'
If the above one is your error then try install pyttsx3 instead of
pyttsx.
Before installing check your python version, then download the version which is compatible to your python version.
Refer this link to get the previous versions of pyttsx3
REASON:
The reason we get the above error is because of the pyttsx3 version
which is not supported by your python version. Even if you get the error then
FOR pyttsx
Modify the init.py file located in
C:\Users\YOUR USER\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\Lib\site_packages\pyttsx\init.py
Change
from engine import Engine
to
from .engine import Engine
pyttsx
Modify the engine.py file located at C:\Users\YOUR USER\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\Lib\site_packages\pyttsx\engine.py
Change
import driver
to
from . import driver
These are the two main solutions for the above error