[python-win32] Need help with win32 com_error 'Exception occurred'

[Gerrat Rickert]

...I can't tell you the underlying *reason* it doesn't work, only that
it doesn't appear to work without a sound card.  ...I was probably in
the same boat as you, where the machine you're developing on may not be
the same as the machines this will eventualy run on.  
 
Gerrat
 
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I've got a fatal bug using Parente's pyTTS with Python 2.3 on Windoze 32
using MS SAPI 5.1 and Hammond's win32 module. The test program is

	import pyTTS
	tts = pyTTS.Create()
	tts.Speak('Hello world.')

 
The resulting debug trace is:
 

	PythonWin 2.3.5 (#62, Feb  8 2005, 16:23:02) [MSC v.1200 32 bit
(Intel)] on win32.
	Portions Copyright 1994-2006 Mark Hammond - see 'Help/About
PythonWin' for further copyright information.
	Traceback (most recent call last):
	  File
"C:\PROGRA~1\Python23\Lib\site-packages\pythonwin\pywin\framework\script
utils.py", line 307, in RunScript
	    debugger.run(codeObject, __main__.__dict__,
start_stepping=0)
	  File
"C:\PROGRA~1\Python23\Lib\site-packages\pythonwin\pywin\debugger\__init_
_.py", line 60, in run
	    _GetCurrentDebugger().run(cmd, globals,locals,
start_stepping)
	  File
"C:\PROGRA~1\Python23\Lib\site-packages\pythonwin\pywin\debugger\debugge
r.py", line 631, in run
	    exec cmd in globals, locals
	  File "C:\yakitome\test\examples\ex1.py", line 4, in ?
	    tts.Speak('Hello world.')
	  File "C:\PROGRA~1\Python23\Lib\site-packages\pyTTS\sapi.py",
line 213, in Speak
	    self.speech.Speak(text, flagsum)
	  File "C:\Program
Files\Python23\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\C866CA3A-32F7-11D2-9602
-00C04F8EE628x0x5x0.py", line 2637, in Speak
	    , Flags)
	com_error: (-2147352567, 'Exception occurred.', (0, None, None,
None, 0, -2147201015), None)
	>>> 

Can anyone out there shed some light on this issue?
 
The system does not have a sound card --- could that be the problem?
 
My head is about to explode trying to solve this, so your help and
suggestions will be much appreciated.
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