AttributeError: 'super' object has no attribute 'init' (OS X 10.10)

[s0nspark]

I worked through the install instructions on my MacBook running OS X 10.10 and get the referenced error when running... I have all of the requirements installed:

$ sudo pip install -r requirements.txt
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): numpy>=1.7.1 in /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python (from -r requirements.txt (line 1))
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): pillow>=2.2.1 in /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages (from -r requirements.txt (line 3))
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): pyttsx>=1.1 in /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages (from -r requirements.txt (line 4))
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): pyttk>=0.3.2 in /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages (from -r requirements.txt (line 5))
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): pyaudio>=0.2.7 in /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages (from -r requirements.txt (line 6))

Here is the stack trace:

$ python ./shootoff.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./shootoff.py", line 902, in <module>
    mainWindow = MainWindow(config)
  File "./shootoff.py", line 855, in __init__
    self._protocol_operations = ProtocolOperations(self._webcam_canvas, self)
  File "/Users/Tim/Downloads/phrack-ShootOFF-0e3c47a/training_protocols/protocol_operations.py", line 34, in __init__
    self._tts_engine = pyttsx.init()
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pyttsx/__init__.py", line 39, in init
    eng = Engine(driverName, debug)
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pyttsx/engine.py", line 45, in __init__
    self.proxy = driver.DriverProxy(weakref.proxy(self), driverName, debug)
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pyttsx/driver.py", line 66, in __init__
    self._driver = self._module.buildDriver(weakref.proxy(self))
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pyttsx/drivers/nsss.py", line 24, in buildDriver
    return NSSpeechDriver.alloc().initWithProxy(proxy)
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pyttsx/drivers/nsss.py", line 28, in initWithProxy
    self = super(NSSpeechDriver, self).init()
AttributeError: 'super' object has no attribute 'init'

Any help appreciated...

[phrack]

This is a bug in pyttsx. A ShootOFF user fixed it but didn't contribute the fix upstream. Here is what they said:

"I made a change to /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyttsx/driver/nsss.py

from Foundation import *
from AppKit import NSSpeechSynthesizer
from PyObjCTools import AppHelper
from ..voice import Voice
# Added by JNR 2/23/2015 to fix deprecated super problem
from objc import super

The builtin super does not work with objc, thus the change."

Alternatively, you could wait for NG, which should have far fewer cross-platform issues:

https://github.com/phrack/ShootOFF-NG

More discussion about NG on Reddit:

http://www.reddit.com/r/ShootOFF/

[s0nspark]

Thanks - that did the trick... and thanks for mentioning NG! I wasn't aware
of the new project :)

On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 1:16 PM, phrack notifications@github.com wrote:

This is a but in pyttsx. A ShootOFF user fixed it but didn't contribute
the fix upstream. Here is what they said:

"I made a change to
/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyttsx/driver/nsss.py

from Foundation import *
from AppKit import NSSpeechSynthesizer
from PyObjCTools import AppHelper
from ..voice import Voice
Added by JNR 2/23/2015 to fix deprecated super problem

from objc import super

The builtin super does not work with objc, thus the change."

Alternatively, you could wait for NG, which should have far fewer
cross-platform issues:

https://github.com/phrack/ShootOFF-NG

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[phrack]

No problem! If you're a dev, feel free to join us! Plenty of open issues to tackle.