No module named 'engine'

[lucasjinreal]

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "stests.py", line 35, in <module>
    import pyttsx
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyttsx/__init__.py", line 18, in <module>
    from engine import Engine
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'engine'

What is this error?

[vikanezrimaya]

Having the same error when using sukeesh/Jarvis, which uses pyttsx.

No clue how to fix it.

[dannysofftie]

Having the same error too. Anyone with a fix for it?

[spreadred]

Are these errors occurring on OS X only?

[isabek]

I got this error when I tried to use pyttsx with python3. Then I changed python to python2.7 and it started working. I think pyttsx's API doesn't support python3 yet.

[Andresnotch]

I got that error on python 3.6, is it because pyttsx doesn't support python 3?
>>> import pyttsx Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "C:\Program Files\Python36\lib\site-packages\pyttsx\__init__.py", line 18, in <module> from engine import Engine ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'engine'

[isabek]

@Andresnotch I think yes, pyttsx doesn't support Python 3.

[sujith59911]

Guy try install pyttsx3(for python3.) instead of pyttsx(for python2.)

and try this
import pyttsx3
engine = pyttsx3.init()
engine.say("Hello World")
engine.runAndWait()

[jageshmaharjan]

@sujith59911 , yup it was with python 3.x. Thanks
@kaptainkommie , not only OS X also for all machine.

[RajSharma1]

@sujith59911
This is the error now...!!

[LuizFelipe2mn]

For those who still have an error, try this:

Step 1 - Try use pyttsx3 instead pyttsx
Step 2 - Change (import pyttsx3) for (from pyttsx3 import *)

[warsi22]

@sujith59911
This is the error now...!!

try

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

[kodevyas]

@nickqidev I see that you have not been maintaining this project for quite some time as this issue has already been fixed but has not been updated on python package. If you don't mind I would love to maintain it for you. I am a newbie in the open-source world and this will be a great place for me to start.
Thanks

[ChandrasekarPerumal]

Guys i have updated python, version 3.7.4.. I tried using pyttsx3 package but it still shows
ModuleNotFoundError: Nomodule named 'engine'... Any one help me.. I got stucked here for so long..
OS: linux
Jupyter Notebook

[spreadred]

@kodevyas Why would you want to maintain this project? It seems to have been superseded by an actively maintained project: https://github.com/nateshmbhat/pyttsx3

[kodevyas]

@ChandrsekarPerumal You don't need to use pysttx3. This repository has been already updated for both python2 and python3. Instead of directly installing from python package manager use this GitHub repository to install the package:
pip install git+https://github.com/RapidwareTech/pyttsx.git
For more reference on how to install a python package directly from GitHub visit :https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15268953/how-to-install-python-package-from-github

[spreadred]

@kodevyas Is there any reason NOT to use pysttx3 over this project, which, you, yourself has said isn't maintained? The last commit here was almost 4 years ago.

[kodevyas]

@kaptainkommie With all due respect, pyttsx3 is the reason I want to maintain this project. I had used this particular repository in my university years a lot of times just to have fun with it. pyttsx3 is the abuse of open source community. The pyttsx3 has been copied from this repository and the creator of pyttsx3 removed the License intentionally from the source just to mark it his own. He/She could have simply forked it or left the License there in the source and I won't have had any problem with it. He/She took someone else's hard work and publishing it as his own, and I have a problem with that.

[spreadred]

@kodevyas Wow. A very brief and manual comparison of source code does indeed make it look like pysttx3 is in violation of the license of this project. Have you brought this up with nateshmbhat ?

[spreadred]

@kodevyas Well this happened :) nateshmbhat/pyttsx3#108

[programmingthegod]

ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
 command: 'c:\users\hp\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\python.exe' -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\\Users\\HP\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-bftoj3r8\\comtypes\\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'C:\\Users\\HP\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-bftoj3r8\\comtypes\\setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' egg_info --egg-base 'C:\Users\HP\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-pip-egg-info-9iotwlzi'
     cwd: C:\Users\HP\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-bftoj3r8\comtypes\
Complete output (26 lines):
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "c:\users\hp\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\site-packages\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 2867, in get_entry_map
    ep_map = self._ep_map
  File "c:\users\hp\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\site-packages\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 2825, in __getattr__
    raise AttributeError(attr)
AttributeError: _ep_map

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "C:\Users\HP\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-bftoj3r8\comtypes\setup.py", line 173, in <module>
    dist = setup(**setup_params)
  File "c:\users\hp\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\site-packages\setuptools\__init__.py", line 143, in setup
    _install_setup_requires(attrs)
  File "c:\users\hp\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\site-packages\setuptools\__init__.py", line 131, in _install_setup_requires
    dist = distutils.core.Distribution(dict(
  File "c:\users\hp\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\site-packages\setuptools\dist.py", line 423, in __init__
    for ep in pkg_resources.iter_entry_points('distutils.setup_keywords'):
  File "c:\users\hp\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\site-packages\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 657, in <genexpr>
    for entry in dist.get_entry_map(group).values()
  File "c:\users\hp\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\site-packages\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 2869, in get_entry_map
    ep_map = self._ep_map = EntryPoint.parse_map(
  File "c:\users\hp\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\site-packages\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 2541, in parse_map
    raise ValueError("Entry points must be listed in groups")
ValueError: Entry points must be listed in groups
----------------------------------------

ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: python setup.py egg_info Check the logs for full command output.

this is the new error.
please help in solving