diff --git a/gnu/packages/audio.scm b/gnu/packages/audio.scm
index 17feeafff2..8962f0b4b9 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/audio.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/audio.scm
@@ -624,59 +624,6 @@ (define-public caps-plugins-lv2
 generators of mostly elementary and occasionally exotic nature.")
     (license license:gpl3+)))
 
-(define-public espeak
-  (package
-    (name "espeak")
-    (version "1.48.04")
-    (source (origin
-              (method url-fetch)
-              (uri (string-append "mirror://sourceforge/espeak/espeak/"
-                                  "espeak-" (version-major+minor version)
-                                  "/espeak-" version "-source.zip"))
-              (sha256
-               (base32
-                "0n86gwh9pw0jqqpdz7mxggllfr8k0r7pc67ayy7w5z6z79kig6mz"))
-              (modules '((guix build utils)))
-              (snippet
-               ;; remove prebuilt binaries
-               '(begin
-                  (delete-file-recursively "linux_32bit")
-                  #t))))
-    (build-system gnu-build-system)
-    (arguments
-     `(#:make-flags (list (string-append "PREFIX=" (assoc-ref %outputs "out"))
-                          (string-append "DATADIR="
-                                         (assoc-ref %outputs "out")
-                                         "/share/espeak-data")
-                          (string-append "LDFLAGS=-Wl,-rpath="
-                                         (assoc-ref %outputs "out")
-                                         "/lib")
-                          "AUDIO=pulseaudio")
-       #:tests? #f ; no check target
-       #:phases
-       (modify-phases %standard-phases
-         (replace 'configure
-           (lambda _
-             (chdir "src")
-             ;; We use version 19 of the PortAudio library, so we must copy the
-             ;; corresponding file to be sure that espeak compiles correctly.
-             (copy-file "portaudio19.h" "portaudio.h")
-             (substitute* "Makefile"
-               (("/bin/ln") "ln"))
-             #t)))))
-       (inputs
-        `(("portaudio" ,portaudio)
-          ("pulseaudio" ,pulseaudio)))
-       (native-inputs `(("unzip" ,unzip)))
-       (home-page "http://espeak.sourceforge.net/")
-       (synopsis "Software speech synthesizer")
-       (description "eSpeak is a software speech synthesizer for English and
-other languages.  eSpeak uses a \"formant synthesis\" method.  This allows many
-languages to be provided in a small size.  The speech is clear, and can be used
-at high speeds, but is not as natural or smooth as larger synthesizers which are
-based on human speech recordings.")
-       (license license:gpl3+)))
-
 (define-public infamous-plugins
   (package
     (name "infamous-plugins")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
index 6fc7e29a8d..36cc005549 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ (define-module (gnu packages emacs-xyz)
   #:use-module (gnu packages perl)
   #:use-module (gnu packages pdf)
   #:use-module (gnu packages scheme)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages speech)
   #:use-module (gnu packages xiph)
   #:use-module (gnu packages mp3)
   #:use-module (gnu packages gettext)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/speech.scm b/gnu/packages/speech.scm
index 5f937f64f9..83792277b4 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/speech.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/speech.scm
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
+;;; Copyright © 2016 Kei Kebreau <kkebreau@posteo.net>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -23,10 +24,12 @@ (define-module (gnu packages speech)
   #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:prefix license:)
   #:use-module (guix packages)
   #:use-module (guix download)
+  #:use-module (guix utils)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
   #:use-module (gnu packages)
   #:use-module (gnu packages audio)
   #:use-module (gnu packages autotools)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages compression)
   #:use-module (gnu packages gcc)
   #:use-module (gnu packages glib)
   #:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config)
@@ -34,6 +37,59 @@ (define-module (gnu packages speech)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python)
   #:use-module (gnu packages textutils))
 
+(define-public espeak
+  (package
+    (name "espeak")
+    (version "1.48.04")
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (string-append "mirror://sourceforge/espeak/espeak/"
+                                  "espeak-" (version-major+minor version)
+                                  "/espeak-" version "-source.zip"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "0n86gwh9pw0jqqpdz7mxggllfr8k0r7pc67ayy7w5z6z79kig6mz"))
+              (modules '((guix build utils)))
+              (snippet
+               ;; remove prebuilt binaries
+               '(begin
+                  (delete-file-recursively "linux_32bit")
+                  #t))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     `(#:make-flags (list (string-append "PREFIX=" (assoc-ref %outputs "out"))
+                          (string-append "DATADIR="
+                                         (assoc-ref %outputs "out")
+                                         "/share/espeak-data")
+                          (string-append "LDFLAGS=-Wl,-rpath="
+                                         (assoc-ref %outputs "out")
+                                         "/lib")
+                          "AUDIO=pulseaudio")
+       #:tests? #f ; no check target
+       #:phases
+       (modify-phases %standard-phases
+         (replace 'configure
+           (lambda _
+             (chdir "src")
+             ;; We use version 19 of the PortAudio library, so we must copy the
+             ;; corresponding file to be sure that espeak compiles correctly.
+             (copy-file "portaudio19.h" "portaudio.h")
+             (substitute* "Makefile"
+               (("/bin/ln") "ln"))
+             #t)))))
+       (inputs
+        `(("portaudio" ,portaudio)
+          ("pulseaudio" ,pulseaudio)))
+       (native-inputs `(("unzip" ,unzip)))
+       (home-page "http://espeak.sourceforge.net/")
+       (synopsis "Software speech synthesizer")
+       (description "eSpeak is a software speech synthesizer for English and
+other languages.  eSpeak uses a \"formant synthesis\" method.  This allows many
+languages to be provided in a small size.  The speech is clear, and can be used
+at high speeds, but is not as natural or smooth as larger synthesizers which are
+based on human speech recordings.")
+       (license license:gpl3+)))
+
 (define-public mitlm
   (package
     (name "mitlm")