Try setting the alsa card for espeak rather than espeakup. Espeakup is only an interface between the speakup screen reader and the espeak speech synthesizer, which is what is actually generating sound. So setting the alsa card specifically for espeak should solve the problem. ~Kyle http://kyle.tk/ -- "Kyle? ... She calls her cake, Kyle?" Out of This World, season 2 episode 21 - "The Amazing Evie"
