[orca-list] speech-dispatcher archlinux

[Alonzo cuellar <mariachiac gmail com>]

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I get the followig when trying ot set up speech-dispatchder on arch linux.
Gnome3 is installed, default.pa is in home, sound works correctly in the console and in gnome. Orca can 
currently use gnome -speech. Here is the errors.
Alonzo

Speech Dispatcher is installed but there is some problem

Speech Dispatcher isn't running or we can't connect to it (see above),
do you want to proceed with other tests? (They can help to determine
what is wrong) [yes] :
>
Testing whether Espeak works
Espeak is installed
Testing ALSA sound output
Playing WAVE '/usr/share/sounds/speech-dispatcher/test.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 16000 Hz, Mono
Did you hear the sound? [yes] :
> Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/spd-conf", line 10, in <module>
      sys.exit(speechd_config.main())
        File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/speechd_config/config.py", line 911, in main
            configure.complete_config()
              File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/speechd_config/config.py", line 854, in complete_config
                  output_modules=[self.default_output_module])
                    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/speechd_config/config.py", line 482, in diagnostics
                        if self.test_alsa():
                          File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/speechd_config/config.py", line 431, in 
test_alsa
                              return self.audio_try_play(type='alsa')
                                File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/speechd_config/config.py", line 368, 
in audio_try_play
                                    reply = question("Did you hear the sound?", True)
                                      File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/speechd_config/config.py", line 
60, in question
                                          str_inp = raw_input(">")
                                          EOFError