ImportError: cannot import name 'objc' from 'AppKit'. How do I debug a text-to-speech error in Python (pyttsx3)?

Question

The error I'm getting is:

File "/*********************************/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pyttsx3/drivers/nsss.py", line 4, in from AppKit import NSSpeechSynthesizer, objc ImportError: cannot import name 'objc' from 'AppKit'

The relevant code of my nsss file is:

from Foundation import NSObject

from AppKit import NSSpeechSynthesizer, objc

from PyObjCTools import AppHelper



def buildDriver(proxy):

    return NSSpeechDriver.alloc().initWithProxy(proxy)


class NSSpeechDriver(NSObject):
    @objc.python_method
    def initWithProxy(self, proxy):
        self = super(NSSpeechDriver, self).init()
        if self:
            self._proxy = proxy
            self._tts = NSSpeechSynthesizer.alloc().initWithVoice_(None)
            self._tts.setDelegate_(self)
            # default rate
            self._tts.setRate_(200)
            self._completed = True
        return self

As a result of this error, I can't the text-to-speech library the way I want to.

I tried downloading obj through "pip install" and attempted at editing how appkit/nssspeech is imported. I also tried asking ChatGPT multiple times--all attempts failed.

I'd really appreciate it if anyone could help me troubleshoot this issue.

Answer 1

Well, you are trying to import objc from AppKit, which doesn't exist

You should instead do import objc.