ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'Foundation'

[hobson]

On Macbook Pro OSX High Sierra 10.13.1, within a conda environment:

$ pip install pytssx3
Collecting pyttsx3
  Downloading pyttsx3-2.7-py3-none-any.whl
Installing collected packages: pyttsx3
Successfully installed pyttsx3-2.7

>>> import pyttsx3
>>> engine = pyttsx3.init()
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
KeyError                                  Traceback (most recent call last)
~/anaconda3/envs/nlpia/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyttsx3/__init__.py in init(driverName, debug)
     43     try:
---> 44         eng = _activeEngines[driverName]
     45     except KeyError:

~/anaconda3/envs/nlpia/lib/python3.6/weakref.py in __getitem__(self, key)
    136             self._commit_removals()
--> 137         o = self.data[key]()
    138         if o is None:

KeyError: None

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

ModuleNotFoundError                       Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-4-2775bef348bf> in <module>()
----> 1 engine = pyttsx3.init()

~/anaconda3/envs/nlpia/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyttsx3/__init__.py in init(driverName, debug)
     44         eng = _activeEngines[driverName]
     45     except KeyError:
---> 46         eng = Engine(driverName, debug)
     47         _activeEngines[driverName] = eng
     48     return eng

~/anaconda3/envs/nlpia/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyttsx3/engine.py in __init__(self, driverName, debug)
     50         @type debug: bool
     51         '''
---> 52         self.proxy = driver.DriverProxy(weakref.proxy(self), driverName, debug)
     53         # initialize other vars
     54         self._connects = {}

~/anaconda3/envs/nlpia/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyttsx3/driver.py in __init__(self, engine, driverName, debug)
     73         # import driver module
     74         name = 'pyttsx3.drivers.%s' % driverName
---> 75         self._module = importlib.import_module(name)
     76         # build driver instance
     77         self._driver = self._module.buildDriver(weakref.proxy(self))

~/anaconda3/envs/nlpia/lib/python3.6/importlib/__init__.py in import_module(name, package)
    124                 break
    125             level += 1
--> 126     return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
    127 
    128 

~/anaconda3/envs/nlpia/lib/python3.6/importlib/_bootstrap.py in _gcd_import(name, package, level)

~/anaconda3/envs/nlpia/lib/python3.6/importlib/_bootstrap.py in _find_and_load(name, import_)

~/anaconda3/envs/nlpia/lib/python3.6/importlib/_bootstrap.py in _find_and_load_unlocked(name, import_)

~/anaconda3/envs/nlpia/lib/python3.6/importlib/_bootstrap.py in _load_unlocked(spec)

~/anaconda3/envs/nlpia/lib/python3.6/importlib/_bootstrap_external.py in exec_module(self, module)

~/anaconda3/envs/nlpia/lib/python3.6/importlib/_bootstrap.py in _call_with_frames_removed(f, *args, **kwds)

~/anaconda3/envs/nlpia/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyttsx3/drivers/nsss.py in <module>()
      1 
----> 2 from Foundation import *
      3 from AppKit import NSSpeechSynthesizer
      4 from PyObjCTools import AppHelper
      5 from ..voice import Voice

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'Foundation'

[hobson]

Looks like you need to install pyobjc: https://github.com/dschep/ntfy/issues/87 on MacOSX.

But setup.py attempts to detect the platform and install it, but doesn't. Even if you manually pip install pyobjc it fails. Only way setup.py works for me is to install it in --editable ("develop") mode from source:

$ pip install --editable git+https://github.com/nateshmbhat/pyttsx3.git@master#egg=pyttsx3

For reference, here's the Traceback for the crash on OSX (platform.system() == 'Darwin) after pip install pyobjc pytssx3

>>> import pyttsx3
>>> engine = pyttsx3.init()
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
KeyError                                  Traceback (most recent call last)
~/anaconda3/envs/nlpia/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyttsx3/__init__.py in init(driverName, debug)
     43     try:
---> 44         eng = _activeEngines[driverName]
     45     except KeyError:

~/anaconda3/envs/nlpia/lib/python3.6/weakref.py in __getitem__(self, key)
    136             self._commit_removals()
--> 137         o = self.data[key]()
    138         if o is None:

KeyError: None

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

BadPrototypeError                         Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-2-2775bef348bf> in <module>()
----> 1 engine = pyttsx3.init()

~/anaconda3/envs/nlpia/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyttsx3/__init__.py in init(driverName, debug)
     44         eng = _activeEngines[driverName]
     45     except KeyError:
---> 46         eng = Engine(driverName, debug)
     47         _activeEngines[driverName] = eng
     48     return eng

~/anaconda3/envs/nlpia/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyttsx3/engine.py in __init__(self, driverName, debug)
     50         @type debug: bool
     51         '''
---> 52         self.proxy = driver.DriverProxy(weakref.proxy(self), driverName, debug)
     53         # initialize other vars
     54         self._connects = {}

~/anaconda3/envs/nlpia/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyttsx3/driver.py in __init__(self, engine, driverName, debug)
     73         # import driver module
     74         name = 'pyttsx3.drivers.%s' % driverName
---> 75         self._module = importlib.import_module(name)
     76         # build driver instance
     77         self._driver = self._module.buildDriver(weakref.proxy(self))

~/anaconda3/envs/nlpia/lib/python3.6/importlib/__init__.py in import_module(name, package)
    124                 break
    125             level += 1
--> 126     return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
    127 
    128 

~/anaconda3/envs/nlpia/lib/python3.6/importlib/_bootstrap.py in _gcd_import(name, package, level)

~/anaconda3/envs/nlpia/lib/python3.6/importlib/_bootstrap.py in _find_and_load(name, import_)

~/anaconda3/envs/nlpia/lib/python3.6/importlib/_bootstrap.py in _find_and_load_unlocked(name, import_)

~/anaconda3/envs/nlpia/lib/python3.6/importlib/_bootstrap.py in _load_unlocked(spec)

~/anaconda3/envs/nlpia/lib/python3.6/importlib/_bootstrap_external.py in exec_module(self, module)

~/anaconda3/envs/nlpia/lib/python3.6/importlib/_bootstrap.py in _call_with_frames_removed(f, *args, **kwds)

~/anaconda3/envs/nlpia/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyttsx3/drivers/nsss.py in <module>()
      8     return NSSpeechDriver.alloc().initWithProxy(proxy)
      9 
---> 10 class NSSpeechDriver(NSObject):
     11     def initWithProxy(self, proxy):
     12         self = super(NSSpeechDriver, self).init()

BadPrototypeError: Objective-C expects 1 arguments, Python argument has 2 arguments for <unbound selector say of NSSpeechDriver at 0x113a0e168>

[josephalway]

Closed topic with apparent fix for MacOS: (https://github.com/nateshmbhat/pyttsx3/issues/1

I have no access to MacOS and as such can't help with any debugging.

[SkyLeach]

This doesn't appear to be fixed as of version 2.7

======================================================================
ERROR: default_test (__main__.TestPyTTSX)
testFileDetection
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/magregor/.virtualenvs/SIM/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyttsx3/__init__.py", line 44, in init
    eng = _activeEngines[driverName]
  File "/Users/magregor/.virtualenvs/SIM/lib/python3.6/weakref.py", line 137, in __getitem__
    o = self.data[key]()
KeyError: None

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./test/test_pyttsx.py", line 106, in default_test
    ttsengine = tts.init()
  File "/Users/magregor/.virtualenvs/SIM/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyttsx3/__init__.py", line 46, in init
    eng = Engine(driverName, debug)
  File "/Users/magregor/.virtualenvs/SIM/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyttsx3/engine.py", line 52, in __init__
    self.proxy = driver.DriverProxy(weakref.proxy(self), driverName, debug)
  File "/Users/magregor/.virtualenvs/SIM/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyttsx3/driver.py", line 75, in __init__
    self._module = importlib.import_module(name)
  File "/Users/magregor/.virtualenvs/SIM/lib/python3.6/importlib/__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 994, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 971, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 955, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 665, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 678, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 219, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "/Users/magregor/.virtualenvs/SIM/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyttsx3/drivers/nsss.py", line 2, in <module>
    from Foundation import *
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'Foundation'

-------------------- >> begin captured logging << --------------------
root: DEBUG: setUp
root: DEBUG: tearDown
--------------------- >> end captured logging << ---------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 1 test in 0.004s

FAILED (errors=1)
(SIM) ________________________________________________________________________________
| ~/src/SIM @ MAGREGOR-M-W0XX (magregor)
| => pip freeze | grep pytts
pyttsx3==2.7```

I'm looking at the fix above now, will note later.

[SkyLeach]

I don't think the version in the Darwin requirements for pyobjc is high enough. In addition it doesn't install AppKit

[nateshmbhat]

Fixed in current version

[ravicont1998]

go to the location of site-packages

there you will have a folder named foundation.

do - >renaming

sudo mv foundation/ Foundation/

this worked for me

[gufengzhou]

go to the location of site-packages

there you will have a folder named foundation.

do - >renaming

sudo mv foundation/ Foundation/

this worked for me

this worked for me too