Help with espeak in python

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Hello,

I'm using arch-linux (Manjaro Gnome) and I downloaded espeak-ng successfully by doing:

sudo pacman -S espeak-ng

.
I can test it in the terminal by inputting:

espeak-ng "This is a test"

and it will speak it.

However, I'm trying it implement it into my python code. I tried adding

import espeak

&

from espeakng import ESpeakNG

but I get an error saying there is no module named 'espeak' or 'espeakng'.

My question is how do I import espeak into my code so I can get it to work?
I've been scouring the internet and haven't found anything useful.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

(I also tried running the code without importing espeak and just using pyttsx3 but I get another error (see below)).

My Code:

import json
import random
import datetime
import operator
import wikipedia
import wolframalpha
import pyttsx3
import speech_recognition as sr 

Commander = "Commander"
print ("Initialising B.A.X.T.E.R...")

def speak(text):
    engine = pyttsx3.init()
    voices = engine.getProperty('voices')
    engine.setProperty('voice',voices[1].id)
    engine.setProperty('rate', 125 )
    engine.setProperty('volume',1.0)
    engine.say(text)
    engine.runAndWait()

def wishMe():
    hour = int(datetime.datetime.now().hour)
    if hour>=0 and hour<12:
        speak("Good Morning" + Commander)
    elif hour>=12 and hour<18:
        speak("Good Afternoon" + Commander)   
    else:
        speak("Good Evening" + Commander) 
    speak("How may I be of service?")   

    def listenCommand():
    command=0
    hear = sr.Recognizer()
    with sr.Microphone() as source:
        print("Listening...")
        audio = hear.listen(source)

#---------------------------
# Uses google API to listen
    try:
        print("Recognizing...")
        command = hear.recognize_google(audio, language='en-in')
        print(f'{BOSS} : {command}\n')

    except:
            pass

    return command 

#--------------------------------

speak("Initialising Baxter..........")
wishMe()

def main():
    command = listenCommand()
    command=str(command).lower()

    if ('who is' in command) or ('what is' in command):
        speak('Searching Wikipedia...')
        command = command.replace("who is","")
        command = command.replace("what is","")
        results = wikipedia.summary(command, sentences = 1)
        print("Baxter:",results)
        return speak(results) 

elif 'stop' in command:
        speak("Shutting Down...")
        return exit()
       
    else:
        return 0 

while True:
    main()  

If I run that code I get this error:

Error:
Initialising B.A.X.T.E.R...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/commander/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pyttsx3/__init__.py", line 20, in init
    eng = _activeEngines[driverName]
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/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 "/home/commander/BAXTERTest2.py", line 53, in <module>
    speak("Initialising Baxter..........")
  File "/home/commander/BAXTERTest2.py", line 14, in speak
    engine = pyttsx3.init()
  File "/home/commander/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pyttsx3/__init__.py", line 22, in init
    eng = Engine(driverName, debug)
  File "/home/commander/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pyttsx3/engine.py", line 30, in __init__
    self.proxy = driver.DriverProxy(weakref.proxy(self), driverName, debug)
  File "/home/commander/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pyttsx3/driver.py", line 50, in __init__
    self._module = importlib.import_module(name)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/importlib/__init__.py", line 127, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1030, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1007, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 986, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 680, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 850, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 228, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "/home/commander/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pyttsx3/drivers/espeak.py", line 9, in <module>
    from . import _espeak, toUtf8, fromUtf8
  File "/home/commander/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pyttsx3/drivers/_espeak.py", line 18, in <module>
    dll = cdll.LoadLibrary('libespeak.so.1')
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/ctypes/__init__.py", line 452, in LoadLibrary
    return self._dlltype(name)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/ctypes/__init__.py", line 374, in __init__
    self._handle = _dlopen(self._name, mode)
OSError: libespeak.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory