Help with espeak in python

[Extra]

Using a basic function, this works for me

import pyttsx3

def speak(text):
    engine = pyttsx3.init()
    engine.say(text)
    engine.runAndWait()


speak('Hi there, what is your name?')

The wishme function

def wishme():
    engine
    hour = datetime.now().hour
    if hour < 24:
        engine.say('Good evening.')
    elif hour < 18:
        engine.say('Good afternoon.')
    else:
        engine.say('Good morning.')
    engine.say('How can I be of service?')
    engine.runAndWait()

If I use the pyttsx3 engine I still get this error and it doesn't work.

Error:
Initializing 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