python text to speech using pyttsx

Question

I want to use my raspberry pi to announce some text. i have installed pyttsx but not able to use it.i am using python2.7

my program:

import pyttsx engine= pyttsx.init() engine.setProperty('rate',70) voices=engine.getProperty('voices') for voice in voices:     print "Using voice:", repr(voice)     engine.setProperty('voice',voice.id)     engine.say("Hello Hello Hello") engine.runAndWait() 

but i am getting this error:

Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/pi/announce.py", line 2, in <module> engine= pyttsx.init() File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pyttsx-1.1-     py2.7.egg/pyttsx/__init__.py", line 39, in init eng = Engine(driverName, debug) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pyttsx-1.1- py2.7.egg/pyttsx/engine.py", line 45, in __init__  self.proxy = driver.DriverProxy(weakref.proxy(self), driverName, debug)  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pyttsx-1.1-p   y2.7.egg/pyttsx/driver.py", line 64, in __init__   self._module = __import__(name, globals(), locals(), [driverName])   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pyttsx-1.1-py2.7.egg/pyttsx/drivers/espeak.py", line 19, in <module>    import _espeak    File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pyttsx-1.1-py2.7.egg/pyttsx/drivers/_espeak.py", line 24, in <module>    dll = cdll.LoadLibrary('libespeak.so.1')    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/ctypes/__init__.py", line 443, in LoadLibrary     return self._dlltype(name)    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/ctypes/__init__.py", line 365, in __init__    self._handle = _dlopen(self._name, mode) OSError: libespeak.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory 

Answer 1

It's because you don't have espeak installed on your system. That's why it is giving error

libespeak.so.1 error: no such file or directory found.

Try to install espeak using:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install espeak