I want to create a Windows executable using PyInstaller.

My project has the following dependencies:

• deepspeech
• PyAudio (which in turn depends on the PortAudio C library)
• tkinter

I tried building the executable by running the command below:

pyinstaller entrypoint.py --name speech-to-text-gui --onedir --hidden-import numpy.random.common --hidden-import numpy.random.bounded_integers --hidden-import numpy.random.entropy

I initially tried building without any --hidden-import arguments, but then I would get errors like

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'numpy.random.common'

After the build, when I run the executable, it crashes with the following traceback:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "entrypoint.py", line 1, in 
    from speech_to_text_gui.__main__ import main
  File "PyInstaller\loader\pyimod03_importers.py", line 495, in exec_module
  File "speech_to_text_gui\__main__.py", line 5, in 
    from speech_to_text_gui import speech_to_text_gui
  File "PyInstaller\loader\pyimod03_importers.py", line 495, in exec_module
  File "speech_to_text_gui\speech_to_text_gui.py", line 16, in 
    from deepspeech import Model
  File "PyInstaller\loader\pyimod03_importers.py", line 495, in exec_module
  File "deepspeech\__init__.py", line 23, in 
  File "PyInstaller\loader\pyimod03_importers.py", line 495, in exec_module
  File "deepspeech\impl.py", line 13, in 
ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.
[12236] Failed to execute script 'entrypoint' due to unhandled exception!

The program runs fine when I run it directly with python entrypoint.py.

I looked through the PyInstaller "If Things Go Wrong" page but nothing jumped out at me as wrong with how I am building.

I also tried building on Linux, and the executable built and ran just fine without any runtime errors on Linux.

From the traceback, my guess is loading a DLL for deepspeech failed, since that is the last call in the traceback. But take that with a grain of salt.

I am looking for any suggestions anyone might have to troubleshoot this build.