engine.runAndWait() hangs on OS X Yosemite

[RubenSandwich]

Using the function engine.runAndWait() hangs and never returns, all of the callbacks work just fine but engine.runAndWait() never returns. This effects OS X Yosemite but not OS X Mavericks.

[staslos]

Confirmed. Just updated to Yosemite, and engine.runAndWait() hangs

[bluthen]

I think this is a problem with:
runLoop.limitDateForMode_(mode)

PyObjC issue:
https://bitbucket.org/ronaldoussoren/pyobjc/issue/117/in-apphelperrunconsoleeventloop-hangs

Apple API Link:
https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/Reference/Foundation/Classes/NSRunLoop_Class/#//apple_ref/occ/instm/NSRunLoop/limitDateForMode:

[adigregorio]

any update on this? the issue still persists for me (10.10.4)

[fabrom]

Same on OS X 10.11 (El Capitan)

[ivanistheone]

+1

pyttsx version 1.1 on Mac OS 10.10.4.

[radaniba]

same here I confirm (Yosemite)

[Gordonei]

As per @bluthen's comment, I found that I had to install the latest version of pyobjc manually to get around this issue.

[shwetanks]

+1
10.12.3 - maxOS Sierra
pyttsx-1.1 hangs after engine.runAndWait().

[Ripcurl99983]

Fixed yet?

[qoda]

Fixed yet?

[bluthen]

Not sure if this is maintained anymore, you might have better luck at: https://github.com/nateshmbhat/pyttsx3