Using Espeak with os in python

Question

When I open up my command prompt, i am able to type espeak and then the text i want to be said, however when i try to do this through my python code using os it says

'espeak' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

import os
text = "Apples"
os.system('espeak "{}"'.format(text))

I've tinkered with the code a fair amount but there is not much to tinker

Answer 1

try /usr/bin/espeak instead of espeak. That works for my machine.

In order to be sure it works for your host I suggest you open a console and type

type espeak

This will output the absolute path of espeak. Copy that one into your system command