[python-win32] Exception '-2147221164' while using win32com.client.Dispatch("SAPI.SpVoice")

[Tim Roberts]

On Oct 9, 2018, at 8:03 AM, Sai Ram <sairamk1989 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>    We are using "win32com.client.Dispatch("SAPI.SpVoice")" for TTS to our target device from a Windows 7 desktop. We are seeing many of these exceptions: "Exception '-2147221164'". 
> Is there a fix for this? Basically, wanted to know the reason for this exception and the fix for this.

COM exceptions are listed in hex.  -2147221164 is 0x80040154, which is E_CLASSNOTREG.  Have you installed SAPI 5.1?  It's not built-in.
— 
Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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