Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Espeak as shipped with Mandriva 2010.0 had no support for pulseaudio. An updated package was provided that added pulseaudio support, but didn't work anymore for systems that had pulseaudio disabled. This update makes espeak work in both scenarios.
Additional packages has been added to this advisory to solve dependency problems.
Affected
espeak on Mandriva Linux 2010.0,
Mandriva Linux 2010.0/X86_64