diff --git a/accessibility/speech-dispatcher/README b/accessibility/speech-dispatcher/README
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+Speech Dispatcher is a device independent layer for speech synthesis
+that provides a common easy to use interface for both client
+applications (programs that want to speak) and for software
+synthesizers (programs actually able to convert text to speech).
diff --git a/accessibility/speech-dispatcher/doinst.sh b/accessibility/speech-dispatcher/doinst.sh
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+config() {
+  NEW="$1"
+  OLD="$(dirname $NEW)/$(basename $NEW .new)"
+  if [ ! -r $OLD ]; then
+    mv $NEW $OLD
+  elif [ "$(cat $OLD | md5sum)" = "$(cat $NEW | md5sum)" ]; then
+    rm $NEW
+  fi
+}
diff --git a/accessibility/speech-dispatcher/slack-desc b/accessibility/speech-dispatcher/slack-desc
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+++ b/accessibility/speech-dispatcher/slack-desc
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+# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct.  It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
+
+                 |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
+speech-dispatcher: speech-dispatcher (device independent speech synthesizer)
+speech-dispatcher:
+speech-dispatcher: Speech Dispatcher is a device independent layer for speech synthesis
+speech-dispatcher: that provides a common easy to use interface for both client
+speech-dispatcher: applications (programs that want to speak) and for software
+speech-dispatcher: synthesizers (programs actually able to convert text to speech).
+speech-dispatcher:
+speech-dispatcher: Homepage: http://devel.freebsoft.org/speechd/
+speech-dispatcher:
+speech-dispatcher:
+speech-dispatcher:
diff --git a/accessibility/speech-dispatcher/speech-dispatcher.SlackBuild b/accessibility/speech-dispatcher/speech-dispatcher.SlackBuild
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+++ b/accessibility/speech-dispatcher/speech-dispatcher.SlackBuild
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Slackware build script for speech-dispatcher
+
+# Copyright 2016 Edward W. Koenig, Vancouver, WA <kingbeowulf@gmail.com>
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
+# permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+#
+# 1. Redistributions of this script must retain the above copyright
+#    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+#
+#  THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
+#  WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
+#  MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO
+#  EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+#  SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
+#  PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS;
+#  OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
+#  WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR
+#  OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
+#  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+PRGNAM=speech-dispatcher
+VERSION=${VERSION:-0.8.4}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
+TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
+
+if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
+  case "$( uname -m )" in
+    i?86) ARCH=i486 ;;
+    arm*) ARCH=arm ;;
+       *) ARCH=$( uname -m ) ;;
+  esac
+fi
+
+CWD=$(pwd)
+TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
+PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
+OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
+
+if [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX="64"
+else
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+fi
+
+set -e
+
+rm -rf $PKG
+mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
+cd $TMP
+rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
+tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
+cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
+chown -R root:root .
+find -L . \
+ \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 \
+  -o -perm 511 \) -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
+ \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
+  -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
+
+
+CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
+CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
+./configure \
+  --prefix=/usr \
+  --libdir=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
+  --sysconfdir=/etc \
+  --infodir=/usr/info \
+  --docdir=/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION \
+  --enable-shared \
+  --disable-static \
+  --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux
+
+make
+make install DESTDIR=$PKG
+
+find $PKG -print0 | xargs -0 file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
+  | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
+
+rm -f $PKG/usr/info/dir
+gzip -9 $PKG/usr/info/*.info*
+
+mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cp -a AUTHORS ChangeLog COPYING INSTALL NEWS README $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
+
+mkdir -p $PKG/install
+cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
+cat $CWD/doinst.sh > $PKG/install/doinst.sh
+
+cd $PKG
+  echo "" >> $PKG/install/doinst.sh
+
+  find etc/$PRGNAM -name '*.conf' -print \
+    -exec sh -c "echo 'config {}.new' >> $PKG/install/doinst.sh" \; \
+    -exec mv {} {}.new \;
+
+  echo "" >> $PKG/install/doinst.sh
+cd -
+
+cd $PKG
+/sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
diff --git a/accessibility/speech-dispatcher/speech-dispatcher.info b/accessibility/speech-dispatcher/speech-dispatcher.info
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+PRGNAM="speech-dispatcher"
+VERSION="0.8.4"
+HOMEPAGE="http://devel.freebsoft.org/speechd/"
+DOWNLOAD="http://devel.freebsoft.org/pub/projects/speechd/speech-dispatcher-0.8.4.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="9e94d3603f69157acd87d10e02d12bb9"
+DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
+MD5SUM_x86_64=""
+REQUIRES="dotconf"
+MAINTAINER="Edward W. Koenig"
+EMAIL="kingbeowulf@gmail.com"