Really cool idea

[rw86347]

I am really wanting to play around with this on my Ubuntu box. However something seems to be wrong with the speach engine. I keep getting this error: I am guessing I did not instal esp correctly but I have tried over and over. Any ideas?

Response:

Once Upon A Time, there was a young girl named Cinderella who lived in the kingdom of Fairy Tales. She had a stepmother who was cruel and heartless, forcing her to work long hours in the kitchen and never allowing her to go out or have any fun. One day, Cinderella's fairy godmother appeared to her and told her that she was going on a grand adventure to the land of Never-Ending Story.
Once Upon A Time, Cinderella was a young girl who lived in the kingdom of Fairy Tales. She had a stepmother who was cruel and heartless, forcing her to work long hours in the kitchen and
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/rwilson/miniconda3/envs/tf/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pyttsx3/init.py", line 20, in init
eng = _activeEngines[driverName]
File "/home/rwilson/miniconda3/envs/tf/lib/python3.9/weakref.py", line 137, in getitem
o = self.datakey
KeyError: None

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/rwilson/temp/LLM/g4a_voice.py", line 18, in
engine = pyttsx3.init()
File "/home/rwilson/miniconda3/envs/tf/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pyttsx3/init.py", line 22, in init
eng = Engine(driverName, debug)
File "/home/rwilson/miniconda3/envs/tf/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pyttsx3/engine.py", line 30, in init
self.proxy = driver.DriverProxy(weakref.proxy(self), driverName, debug)
File "/home/rwilson/miniconda3/envs/tf/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pyttsx3/driver.py", line 50, in init
self._module = importlib.import_module(name)
File "/home/rwilson/miniconda3/envs/tf/lib/python3.9/importlib/init.py", line 127, in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
File "", line 1030, in _gcd_import
File "", line 1007, in _find_and_load
File "", line 986, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "", line 680, in _load_unlocked
File "", line 850, in exec_module
File "", line 228, in _call_with_frames_removed
File "/home/rwilson/miniconda3/envs/tf/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pyttsx3/drivers/espeak.py", line 5, in
from . import _espeak, toUtf8, fromUtf8
File "/home/rwilson/miniconda3/envs/tf/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pyttsx3/drivers/_espeak.py", line 18, in
dll = cdll.LoadLibrary('libespeak.so.1')
File "/home/rwilson/miniconda3/envs/tf/lib/python3.9/ctypes/init.py", line 460, in LoadLibrary
return self._dlltype(name)
File "/home/rwilson/miniconda3/envs/tf/lib/python3.9/ctypes/init.py", line 382, in init
self._handle = _dlopen(self._name, mode)
OSError: libespeak.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

[Delafinn]

I will start troubleshooting on my Linux machine tonight. I used my windows 10 machine for this script.

[Delafinn]

Could you verify that you have a compatible speech synthesis engine installed on your Linux machine? pyttsx3 relies on a speech synthesis engine, such as eSpeak or Festival, to convert text to speech.

Install a compatible speech synthesis engine by running the appropriate command for your Linux distribution. For example, on Ubuntu, you can install the espeak speech synthesis system using:

sudo apt update

sudo apt install espeak

Below is the code pointing me in this direction:

File "/home/rwilson/miniconda3/envs/tf/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pyttsx3/drivers/espeak.py", line 5, in
from . import _espeak, toUtf8, fromUtf8
File "/home/rwilson/miniconda3/envs/tf/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pyttsx3/drivers/_espeak.py", line 18, in
dll = cdll.LoadLibrary('libespeak.so.1')

Let me know if that helps. I am running into many problems with my Linux device