Kyle <kyle4jesus at gmail.com> writes: > As a new convert to Arch, I can also add that speech-dispatcher will > only work properly if you are in the group "audio." I wasn't a member > of audio in Ubuntu, and Sox works in Arch without the audio group, Yes, you need to be in the audio group in order to access the sound card. I'd be really surprised if sox worked for a non-root user who wasn't in that group. Anyway, the dependency on pulse should be fixed, I believe. -- Chris