That would not be true if using the gnome desktop. Sounds like either a Pulseaudio or Alsa issue. I had something similar happen to me a while ago. I reconfigured speech-dispatcher to run threw Alsa and removed Pulseaudio off of my system. Warm regards, Brandt Steenkamp Sent from my MacBook Air Contact: Phone: +27 (0)60 525 9181 <tel://+27605259181> Email: brandt.steenkamp@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:brandt.steenkamp@xxxxxxxxx> Twitter: @brandtsteenkamp <http://www.twitter.com/brandtsteenkamp> > On 14 Jul 2021, at 15:50, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I'm not familiar with Arch, but you might want to double check that > > speech-dispatcher-espeak-ng > > is installed. Debian lists it as a recommended package for > speech-dispatcher, and I understand Arch is biased towards installing > less, so it's possible that installing speech-dispatcher and espeak-ng > didn't automatically pull in the plugin they need to communicate with > each other. > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list