[orca-list] how to update espeak?

[Peter Vágner <peter v datagate sk>]

Hello guys,
As a linux beginner Few months back I was trying to get orca working on 
debian etch system but simply there is too much hassle that I was unable 
to pass over them all.
Yesterday I downloaded an iso image of feisty and It installed pretty 
smoothly. I am really impressed how it all works. I was able to 
instantly start messaging using gaim and receiving mails in evolution.
Unfortunatelly ubuntu feisty comes with espeak 1.21 which does not 
include slovak language so I decided to try updating it. At first I 
thought I should just download the binary from espeak's sourceforge page 
and replace the files. But at the other hand I was rather confused 
whether it wouldn't be better to do things ubuntu way thus using deb 
packages.
So I found and downloaded all espeak related packages from gutsi 
repository at packages.ubuntu.com and started installing them one by one.
While browsing files I simply hit enter on the 
espeak-data_1.26-1ubuntu1_i386.deb, it warned me that I shal leave 
current version available from internet but I did not accept that and I 
forced it to install package downloaded from gutsi repo. After it 
installed initially I was happy because on orca restart It has started 
speaking in slovak. However when I restarted gnome I got a message that 
assistive technologies are not available or so... I cant remember the 
message exactly. I had to ask my brother what's going on because now 
orca comes up but can do nothing.
Can you please suggest me any solution to this I wouldn't like to 
install it again from scratch. Of course I still would like to update 
espeak to the newer version which has slovak language.

thanks for all your replies

Peter