eSpeak and Speech Dispatcher

[Hermann]

If it's possible, you should update Speech-dispatcher to 0.6.5.
You find an original Espeak module (not Espeak-generic), that possibly 
solves your speaking problem.
You then must edit speechd.conf accordingly, and you should take a look 
at espeak.conf in the modules folder as well.
You also can update Espeak to version 1.30.
Hermann

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