From d6a18d2d71021b144b7ccab7059a838bbc7914fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Damien Elmes <gpg@ankiweb.net>
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2023 17:37:49 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Handle the case where win32com.client fails to import

Hopefully fixes the "no attribute 'Flags'" issue:

https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/technical-issue-with-anki-desktop/27089
---
 qt/aqt/tts.py | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/qt/aqt/tts.py b/qt/aqt/tts.py
index e1841afa3..c3f4d36bb 100644
--- a/qt/aqt/tts.py
+++ b/qt/aqt/tts.py
@@ -266,8 +266,6 @@ class WindowsVoice(TTSVoice):
 
 
 if is_win:
-    import win32com.client  # pylint: disable=import-error
-
     # language ID map from https://github.com/sindresorhus/lcid/blob/master/lcid.json
     LCIDS = {
         "4": "zh_CHS",
@@ -482,8 +480,11 @@ if is_win:
     class WindowsTTSPlayer(TTSProcessPlayer):
         default_rank = -1
         try:
+            import win32com.client  # pylint: disable=import-error
+
             speaker = win32com.client.Dispatch("SAPI.SpVoice")
-        except:
+        except Exception as exc:
+            print("unable to activate sapi:", exc)
             speaker = None
 
         def get_available_voices(self) -> list[TTSVoice]: