NameError: name 'objc' is not defined

[Ziaeemehr]

I am getting the following error calling

import pyttsx3
engine = pyttsx3.init()

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pyttsx3/__init__.py", line 20, in init
    eng = _activeEngines[driverName]
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/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 "tt.py", line 2, in <module>
    engine = pyttsx3.init()
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pyttsx3/__init__.py", line 22, in init
    eng = Engine(driverName, debug)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pyttsx3/engine.py", line 30, in __init__
    self.proxy = driver.DriverProxy(weakref.proxy(self), driverName, debug)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pyttsx3/driver.py", line 50, in __init__
    self._module = importlib.import_module(name)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/importlib/__init__.py", line 127, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1014, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 991, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 975, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 671, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 848, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 219, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pyttsx3/drivers/nsss.py", line 12, in <module>
    class NSSpeechDriver(NSObject):
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pyttsx3/drivers/nsss.py", line 13, in NSSpeechDriver
    @objc.python_method
NameError: name 'objc' is not defined

I used pip install pyttsx3 on conda env running on mac 2020, Sonma 14.3.
I tried with python3.8 and 3.10.
I already installed

brew install espeak
brew install ffmpeg
brew install libtool 

[noboruatkek]

"from Foundation import *" used to import "objc" in the local dictinary. However, it is not the case in the recent versions of Python/objc. It is better import objc module explicitly using "import objc" in nsss.py.

[centineo]

I have gotten the same issue running pyttsx3 with Python 3.11.0 on MacOS 14.0

Solved by adding to nsss.py

import objc

and correcting line self = super(NSSpeechDriver, self).init() to

self = objc.super(NSSpeechDriver, self).init()

[StupidRepo]

Had to remove attr['VoiceAge'] as well from NSSS.py in order to get it to work. Apparently this ruins audio further.

[Abeautifulsnow]

Maybe downgrade pyobjc to 9.0.1 can help you.

[edobrynin-dodo]

Same issue with macOS 14.3.1 and Python 3.10

[nateshmbhat]

updated readme with :

For Mac, If you face error related to "objc" when running the init() method :
Install 9.0.1 version of pyobjc : "pip install pyobjc==9.0.1"