diff -Nur o.speak-1.14-source/Makefile.am n.speak-1.14-source/Makefile.am
--- o.speak-1.14-source/Makefile.am	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ n.speak-1.14-source/Makefile.am	2006-09-23 20:28:28.000000000 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+SUBDIRS = src
+pkgdatadir = $(datadir)/espeak-data
+install-data-local:
+	install -d $(DESTDIR)$(pkgdatadir)
+	cp -Rf espeak-data/* $(DESTDIR)$(pkgdatadir)
diff -Nur o.speak-1.14-source/configure.ac n.speak-1.14-source/configure.ac
--- o.speak-1.14-source/configure.ac	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ n.speak-1.14-source/configure.ac	2006-09-23 20:45:27.000000000 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#                                               -*- Autoconf -*-
+# Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
+
+AC_PREREQ(2.59)
+AC_INIT(speak, 1.14, )
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
+AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/speak.cpp])
+AC_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])
+
+# Checks for programs.
+AC_PROG_CXX
+AC_PROG_CC
+AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
+
+# Checks for libraries.
+AC_CHECK_LIB([portaudio], [main])
+
+# Checks for header files.
+AC_HEADER_STDC
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([locale.h stdlib.h string.h unistd.h wchar.h wctype.h portaudio.h])
+
+# Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics.
+AC_C_CONST
+AC_C_RESTRICT
+AC_HEADER_STDBOOL
+
+# Checks for library functions.
+AC_FUNC_CLOSEDIR_VOID
+AC_FUNC_MALLOC
+AC_FUNC_MEMCMP
+AC_FUNC_REALLOC
+AC_TYPE_SIGNAL
+AC_FUNC_STAT
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([memset pow setlocale sqrt strchr Pa_IsStreamActive])
+
+if test "$datadir" = "\${prefix}/share" ; then
+	datadirectory=$ac_default_prefix/share
+else
+	datadirectory="$datadir/espeak-data"
+fi
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PATH_ESPEAK_DATA, "$datadirectory", [data directory])
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile src/Makefile])
+AC_OUTPUT
diff -Nur o.speak-1.14-source/src/Makefile.am n.speak-1.14-source/src/Makefile.am
--- o.speak-1.14-source/src/Makefile.am	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ n.speak-1.14-source/src/Makefile.am	2006-09-23 21:14:54.000000000 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+AM_CXXFLAGS = -Wall -pedantic -fno-exceptions
+
+bin_PROGRAMS = speak
+speak_SOURCES = speak.cpp
+speak_LDADD = libespeak.la
+
+lib_LTLIBRARIES = libespeak.la
+
+libespeak_la_SOURCES = speak_lib.cpp compiledict.cpp dictionary.cpp intonation.cpp \
+	readclause.cpp setlengths.cpp \
+	synthdata.cpp synthesize.cpp translate.cpp tr_english.cpp \
+	tr_languages.cpp voices.cpp wavegen.cpp
+
+libespeak_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 15:1:14
+
+# -fvisibility=hidden requires modern GCC which is not present in current PLD Ac
+#libespeak_la_CXXFLAGS = $(AM_CXXFLAGS) -fvisibility=hidden
+
+include_HEADERS = speak_lib.h
diff -Nur o.speak-1.14-source/src/speech.h n.speak-1.14-source/src/speech.h
--- o.speak-1.14-source/src/speech.h	2006-09-21 20:00:41.000000000 +0200
+++ n.speak-1.14-source/src/speech.h	2006-09-23 19:54:14.000000000 +0200
@@ -36,7 +36,10 @@
 #endif
 
 // will look for espeak_data directory here, and also in user's home directory
+#include "config.h"
+#ifndef PATH_ESPEAK_DATA
 #define PATH_ESPEAK_DATA  "/usr/share/espeak-data"
+#endif
 
 typedef unsigned short USHORT;
 typedef unsigned char  UCHAR;