On Mon, 31 Mar 2014, Jude DaShiell wrote:
When I installed this instance of debian jessie/sid I had speakers attached through one of the sound cards. These were quarter-inch plug speakers not usb. When I moved I didn't take that set of speakers with me but did take a usb speaker set. With debian, speech goes out over headphones since they're on the sound card port. Can I switch output over to usb without doing a complete reinstall of debian?
Yes. Assuming you're using eSpeakup with eSpeak, edit /etc/default/espeakup and specify your desired soundcard.
Note: This may fail if your USB speakers (like some soundcards, especialy USB soundcards) only accept certain sample rates/channels. Hopefully this won't be the case for you.
HTH, Geoff.