[FIXED] AttributeError: 'super' object has no attribute 'init'

Issue

I was making a personal assistant. I got an error in starting code:

import pyttsx3
engine = pyttsx3.init()
engine.say('How are you today?')
engine.runAndWait()

Error:

/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pyttsx3/drivers/nsss.py:12: ObjCSuperWarning: Objective-C subclass uses super(), but super is not objc.super
  class NSSpeechDriver(NSObject):
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pyttsx3/__init__.py", line 20, in init
    eng = _activeEngines[driverName]
          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/[email protected]/3.11.3/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/weakref.py", line 136, in __getitem__
    o = self.data[key]()
        ~~~~~~~~~^^^^^
KeyError: None

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/anshtyagi/Documents/personal assistant/main.py", line 5, in <module>
    engine = pyttsx3.init()
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pyttsx3/__init__.py", line 22, in init
    eng = Engine(driverName, debug)
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pyttsx3/engine.py", line 30, in __init__
    self.proxy = driver.DriverProxy(weakref.proxy(self), driverName, debug)
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pyttsx3/driver.py", line 52, in __init__
    self._driver = self._module.buildDriver(weakref.proxy(self))
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pyttsx3/drivers/nsss.py", line 9, in buildDriver
    return NSSpeechDriver.alloc().initWithProxy(proxy)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pyttsx3/drivers/nsss.py", line 15, in initWithProxy
    self = super(NSSpeechDriver, self).init()
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: 'super' object has no attribute 'init'
sys:1: UninitializedDeallocWarning: leaking an uninitialized object of type NSSpeechDriver

I don't know what is the problem. One more thing: due to some issue I had to uninstall old python version on Mac and installed new one using Homebrew.

Mac OS ventura 13.4

Python 3.11

Solution

this turns out to be a little tricky. and this is a workaround! hope works for you.

Under the hood, this module pyttsx3 uses PyObjC as a bridge between Python and Objective-C.

Step 1: Check that pyobjc is installed(pip show pyobjc), if not install as pip install pyobjc.
Step 2: open this file /usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pyttsx3/drivers/nsss.py and change the following:

#self = super(NSSpeechDriver, self).init() comment this line , and add the following
self = objc.super(NSSpeechDriver, self).init()

Note: from Foundation import * imports NSObject and objc from foundation, which has been consumed.

after the change, your following program would run okay.

import pyttsx3
engine = pyttsx3.init()
engine.say('How are you today?')
engine.runAndWait()

Answered By - simpleApp