eSpeak Problem: PaHost_OpenStream: could not open /dev/dsp for O_WRONLY

[Hynek Hanke]

> So I fetched speak-1.14-linux.zip on the Web site and unzipped it directly 
> in my home folder. UPon running it, however, I get the following error:
> 
> vtatila at Sandbox:~$ ./speak "this is a test"
> PaHost_OpenStream: could not open /dev/dsp for O_WRONLY
> PaHost_OpenStream: ERROR - result = -10000
> Apparently it cannot access the sound card for some reason. This is a 
> separate termminal via which I logged in. I also have a Gnome session 
> running and had disabled audio in it as someone adviced it might help with 
> Gnopernicus problems. I re-enabled the Gnome sound effects and tried again 
> with no changes. I've testedd and Gnome happily plays its own sound effects 
> like it should.

Hi,

if you plan to use Speech Dispatcher, I advise you just skip this test
	vtatila at Sandbox:~$ ./speak "this is a test"

The eSpeak configuration file for Speech Dispatcher uses a binary like
play or aplay to play the sound. So if either of these work for you and
eSpeak is able to produce audio data (but not play them), you should
be fine.

Sorry, I have no experience with vmware, so I can't give a more concrete
hint.

With regards,
Hynek Hanke