how do i write a script to activate a conda virtual enviornment?

Question

I have a conda virtual environment where I run code for voice processing. I want to write a script so that I can open a shell in this virtual environment to listen for commands. I can launch the virtual environment from a shell using conda activate chatting but when I try to make this into a script, I get this error:

CommandNotFoundError: Your shell has not been properly configured to use 'conda activate'.
To initialize your shell, run
$ conda init <SHELL_NAME>

so I added conda init bash to my script:

#!/bin/bash
#conda init bash
#source activate chatting
#conda activate chatting
eval $(conda shell.bash hook)
source activate chatting
conda activate chatting
bash -i
#conda activate chatting

But it still gives me the same error. How can I make a script the activate my conda virtual environment?

I do see some similar questions here, but none of the recommended solutions solve the problem.

conda activate not working in a bash file

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