sd_espeak segfaults

[curmudgeon]

I am trying to run speech dispatcher with the espeak module for periodic audible alerts, but it keeps crashing (so I don't get the alerts - very bad) with messages like this in the log file:

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Jul 25 23:44:01 system kernel: [1729182.618700] sd_espeak[26877]: segfault at 7f2b5c045000 ip 00007f2b7094ae8f sp 00007f2b6cb94b88 error 4 in libc-2.15.so[7f2b7081b000+19f000]
Jul 26 04:43:03 system kernel: [1747124.782347] sd_espeak[32450]: segfault at 7fedac046000 ip 00007fedbfcffe93 sp 00007fedbbf49b88 error 4 in libc-2.15.so[7fedbfbd0000+19f000]

Any ideas about why this is happening or suggestions for what to do about it?