Python Text to Speech in Macintosh

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Are there any libraries in Python that does or allows Text To Speech Conversion using Mac Lion's built in text to speech engine? I did google but most are windows based. I tried pyttx. I tried to run ``` import pyttsx engine = pyttsx.init() engine.say('Sally sells seashells by the seashore.') engine.say('The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.') engine.runAndWait() ``` But I get these errors ``` File "/Users/manabchetia/Documents/Codes/Speech.py", line 2, in <module> engine = pyttsx.init() File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyttsx-1.0.egg/pyttsx/__init__.py", line 39, in init eng = Engine(driverName, debug) File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyttsx-1.0.egg/pyttsx/engine.py", line 45, in __init__ self.proxy = driver.DriverProxy(weakref.proxy(self), driverName, debug) File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyttsx-1.0.egg/pyttsx/driver.py",…

Accepted Answer

Wouldn't it be much simpler to do this?

```
from os import system
system('say Hello world!')
```

You can enter `man say` to see other things you can do with the `say` command.

However, if you want some more advanced features, importing `AppKit` would also be a possibility, although some Cocoa/Objective C knowledge is needed.

```
from AppKit import NSSpeechSynthesizer
speechSynthesizer = NSSpeechSynthesizer.alloc().initWithVoice_("com.apple.speech.synthesis.voice.Bruce")
speechSynthesizer.startSpeakingString_('Hi! Nice to meet you!')
```

If you would like to see more things you can do with NSSpeechSynthesizer take a look at Apple's documentation: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Cocoa/Reference/ApplicationKit/Classes/NSSpeechSynthesizer_Class/Reference/Reference.html

Python Text to Speech in Macintosh

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