Hello and a beginner question about setting language.

[Anne Günther]

Hi
I'm new to this list, and to speakup. Although I have some experiences 
with linux and orca.
Since I'm from Germany I tried to set espeakup to German.
But after typing: talkwith espeakup --default-voice=de
I got an error message:
/usr/sbin/talkwith: 104: Syntax Error: Bad fd number
What's the problem? And how do I get the guy to speak German? :)
I loaded speakup as modules.
Guenni