#743 Microsoft Sapi.SpVoice

[Kevin Schlosser]

stackless python 2.7.9 32bit
pywin32 220 32bit

sample code

import win32com
from time import strftime

tts = win32com.client.Dispatch("Sapi.SpVoice")
tts.Voice = tts.GetVoices('Name=Microsoft Anna')[0]
tts.AudioOutput = tts.GetAudioOutputs()[0]
tts.Rate = 3
tts.Volume = 100
tts.Speak('<context ID = "date_mdy">%s</context>' % strftime("%m/%d/%Y"))

I get this traceback if it either sets the AudioOutput or the Voice.
pywin32 219 works fine

    tts.Voice = tts.GetVoices('Name=Microsoft Anna')[0]
  File "win32com\client\dynamic.pyc", line 565, in __setattr__
com_error: (-2147352573, 'Member not found.', None, None)

I do have a workaround for setting the voice and it has to be added to the text to be spoken.
which would look like this

'<voice required="name=Microsoft Anna"><context ID = "date_mdy">%s</context></voice>' % strftime("%m/%d/%Y")

but I have not found a way around setting the audio device in this same manner,

[Kevin Schlosser]

there is a correction to the sample code. it is supposed to be import win32com.client

but I have found where the error is

win32com/client/dynamic

function _GetDescInvokeType

it reads

def _GetDescInvokeType(entry, invoke_type):
# determine the wFlags argument passed as input to IDispatch::Invoke
if not entry or not entry.desc:
return invoke_type
varkind = entry.desc[4] # from VARDESC struct returned by ITypeComp::Bind
if varkind == pythoncom.VAR_DISPATCH and invoke_type == pythoncom.INVOKE_PROPERTYGET:
return pythoncom.INVOKE_FUNC | invoke_type # DISPATCH_METHOD & DISPATCH_PROPERTYGET can be combined in IDispatch::Invoke
else:
return invoke_type

but i believe it needs to read

def _GetDescInvokeType(entry, invoke_type):
# determine the wFlags argument passed as input to IDispatch::Invoke
if not entry or not entry.desc:
return invoke_type
varkind = entry.desc[4] # from VARDESC struct returned by ITypeComp::Bind
if varkind == pythoncom.VAR_DISPATCH and invoke_type == pythoncom.INVOKE_PROPERTYGET:
return pythoncom.INVOKE_FUNC | invoke_type # DISPATCH_METHOD & DISPATCH_PROPERTYGET can be combined in IDispatch::Invoke
else:
return varkind

This does fix my issue, but I am not sure if it would cause any others. but this is sort of how the return was done in 219

[Nicole Swindell]

I also get the error "Member not found", which only occurs with 220 and 221, 219 works fine. Our COM object is 32 bit, and I tried it with the following:

• pywin32 219 builds worked with 32 bit Python 2.7, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5 (pwin32 219 does not support 3.6).
• pywin32 221, 220 builds failed with 32 bit Python 2.7, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6.

The python code uses win32com.client.Dispatch, and the error occurs on the last line, tl.Config = cn :

cr = win32com.client.Dispatch("Creator")
cn = cr.CreateConfig("config")
tl = cr.CreateTool("myTool")
tl.Config = cn

The traceback is from pywin32 221 with 32 bit Python 3.5.0:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "example.py", line 65, in <module>
tl.Config = cn
File "C:\Python350x32\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py", line 565,
in setattr
self.oleobj.Invoke(entry.dispid, 0, invoke_type, 0, value)
pywintypes.com_error: (-2147352573, 'Member not found.', None, None)