speech-dispatcher and speechd-el client error

[loredana <llcfree@gmail.com>]

Greetings,

I am trying to use the emacs client for speech-dispatehcer, but I get an error:

ssip-connection-error: (file-error make client process failed no such
file or directory :name speechd :family local :remote
/home/user/.speech-dispatcher/speechd.sock)

Indeed, the .speech-dispatcher directory does not exist.

I am visually impaired and experimenting with a live jessie version of
debian on top of which I have installed emacs and speechd-el.

Speech-dispatcher itself seems to work properly (spd-say speaks and I
am able to change the configuration from the command line with
spd-conf) so I guess the problem  may be some environmental variable
or compiled variable value that does not match the expectations.

Can anyone point me in the right direction? I have been using debian
since debian potato and emacs since longer. I may be able to compile
from source but it may be difficult now that my vision is so poor to
experiment a lot. However, I am definitely motivated to do my best to
solve the problem, just let me know how I can help myself and others.

Thanks in advance
Loredana Lo Conte