Hi, Last time I looked, this was configurable in the make file. You can compile espeak such that it would always use alsa. HTH, Willem On Mon, 23 Jul 2012, Janina Sajka wrote: > The latest Espeak I have, version 1.46.02, appears to insist on using > pulse audio if it finds pulse installed on the system. In other words, > commands like: > > pasuspender espeak hello > > do not have the intended effect. > > This is wrong, very wrong. And, it wreaks havoc between Speakup and > Orca. Where to direct audio output should at least be a configurable > option, but most certainly not the result of some inbuilt huristic. > > Janina > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > This message is subject to the CSIR's copyright terms and conditions, e-mail legal notice, and implemented Open Document Format (ODF) standard. > The full disclaimer details can be found at http://www.csir.co.za/disclaimer.html. > > This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, > and is believed to be clean. > > Please consider the environment before printing this email. > >