local varible referenced before assignment

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Just remove try/except in take_command() function.
Function should take argument in and not just get it magically from global namespace.
If i do quick test and take out Microphone as i have not set it up.
So i want it to tell a joke.

import speech_recognition as sr
import pyttsx3
import pywhatkit
import datetime
import wikipedia
import pyjokes
import random as rd


thx1 = ["Your Welcome", "No problem", "Its my job to help you"]

listener = sr.Recognizer()
engine = pyttsx3.init()
voices = engine.getProperty('voices')
engine.setProperty('voice', voices[1].id)

def talk(text):
    engine.say(text)
    engine.runAndWait()

print("Im Ava what can i do for you?")
talk("Im Ava... what can i do for you?")
print("If you need any help say help")
talk("If you need any help say help")

def take_command():
    '''
    with sr.Microphone() as source:
        print("Listening...")
        voice = listener.listen(source)
        command = listener.recognize_google(voice)
        command = command.lower()
        print(command)
        if 'ava' in command:
            command = command.replace('ava', '')
    '''
    return 'time'

def run_ava(take_command):
    command = take_command()
    if 'play99' in command:
        song = command.replace('play', '')
        talk('playing' + song)
        pywhatkit.playonyt(song)

    elif 'help' in command:
        print("Here is what i can: play music on youtube, search something on wiki, tell jokes, tell time now")
        talk('Here is what i can')

    elif 'hear me' in command:
        print("Yes, I can hear you clear")
        talk("Yes, I can hear you clear")

    elif 'who are you' in command:
        print('Im Ava your virtual assistent')
        talk('Im Ava... your virtual assistent')

    elif 'how are you' in command:
        print("Im glad you asked. Im good thank you")
        talk("Im glad you asked. Im good thank you")

    elif 'thanks' in command:
        thx = rd.choice(thx1)
        print(thx)
        talk(thx)

    elif 'thank you' in command:
        thx = rd.choice(thx1)
        print(thx)
        talk(thx)

    elif 'male or female' in command:
        print('Male, Female, Nonbinary? Nah bro im a walmart bag')
        talk('male... female... nonbinary? nah broo.. im a walmart bag')

    elif 'time' in command:
        time = datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%H:%M')
        print(time)
        talk('Its' + time)
    elif 'tell me something about' in command:
        person = command.replace('tell me something about' , '')
        info = wikipedia.summary(person, 5)
        print(info)
        talk(info)
    elif 'who is' in command:
        person = command.replace('who is' , '')
        info = wikipedia.summary(person, 5)
        print(info)
        talk(info)
    elif 'what is' in command:
        person = command.replace('what is' , '')
        info = wikipedia.summary(person, 5)
        print(info)
        talk(info)
    elif 'joke' in command:
        joke = pyjokes.get_joke()
        print(joke)
        talk(joke)

    else:
        talk('Im not sure i understand')

run_ava(take_command)

Output:
(dl_env) G:\div_code\dl_env
λ python speak.py
Im Ava what can i do for you?
If you need any help say help
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