diff -Nru speech-dispatcher-0.7.1.orig/config/speechd.conf speech-dispatcher-0.7.1/config/speechd.conf
--- speech-dispatcher-0.7.1.orig/config/speechd.conf	2010-09-10 10:23:54.000000000 +0200
+++ speech-dispatcher-0.7.1/config/speechd.conf	2012-07-14 15:40:24.068650861 +0200
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
 # different sound systems and provides alternative output for Pulse Audio
 # and ALSA as well as for other backends.
 
-# AudioOutputMethod "pulse"
+AudioOutputMethod "alsa"
 
 # -- Pulse Audio parameters --