From 6d253059b2e215a1654bc78c1f1ee1da55ebdd9b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2024 11:13:25 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Linux: Handle speech dispatcher with dummy output module and
 no voices more gracefully

---
 src/calibre/gui2/tts/config.py | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/tts/config.py b/src/calibre/gui2/tts/config.py
index 0fd40afe1f..87ce9e06ba 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/tts/config.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/tts/config.py
@@ -394,7 +394,12 @@ class EngineSpecificConfig(QWidget):
         output_module = self.output_module.currentData() or ''
         if metadata.has_multiple_output_modules:
             output_module = output_module or self.default_output_modules[self.engine_name]
-        all_voices = self.voice_data[self.engine_name][output_module]
+        try:
+            all_voices = self.voice_data[self.engine_name][output_module]
+        except Exception:
+            import traceback
+            traceback.print_exc()
+            all_voices = []
         self.voices.set_voices(all_voices, s.voice_name, metadata, s.preferred_voices)
 
     def as_settings(self) -> EngineSpecificSettings: