libao's alsa output broken since speechd 0.8

[Halim Sahin]

Hi Chris,
On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 09:10:58AM -0700, Chris Brannon wrote:
> I could probably work up a patch to fix this for Linux, but I don't know
> how to fix it for MacOS.

Hmm, speechd is the main primary speech infrastructure in Linux.
I know many people who use libao -> alsa.
A popular example  is ADRIANE KNOPPIX.

So it would be nice if you can provide a patch and get this upstream!
Thx a lot for your fast response Chris!!

MfG.
Halim!