diff --git a/psConfig/tasks/manipulation/manipulationTask.conf b/psConfig/tasks/manipulation/manipulationTask.conf
index 9f4ee5937c5e24a41fae4c7f8731b05a4e1a1e1a..7fd3784de146279077bf8282495f11b165637354 100644
--- a/psConfig/tasks/manipulation/manipulationTask.conf
+++ b/psConfig/tasks/manipulation/manipulationTask.conf
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ uttdb=47;
 silence=400;
 timeout=8;
 openDeviceDirectly=yes;
+alsadevice=sysdefault;
 
 [pocketsphinxinstance]
 name=manipulationTask;
diff --git a/psConfig/tasks/navigationTask/navigationTask.conf b/psConfig/tasks/navigationTask/navigationTask.conf
index d4d85ac4db54f3822a31c0c29272fc1d84398d88..5ec6b835a2ea607dc03b739201a8d87cbc5b0584 100644
--- a/psConfig/tasks/navigationTask/navigationTask.conf
+++ b/psConfig/tasks/navigationTask/navigationTask.conf
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ uttdb=47;
 silence=400;
 timeout=8;
 openDeviceDirectly=yes;
+alsadevice=sysdefault;
 
 [pocketsphinxinstance]
 name=navigationTask;
diff --git a/psConfig/tasks/personRec.conf b/psConfig/tasks/personRec.conf
index ece3bf6390fd2263124acce935b5685a6e100143..1f401a16cf8da0768b199d5d1a18b9b91e9a09d0 100644
--- a/psConfig/tasks/personRec.conf
+++ b/psConfig/tasks/personRec.conf
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ uttdb=47;
 silence=400;
 timeout=8;
 openDeviceDirectly=yes;
+alsadevice=sysdefault;
 
 [pocketsphinxinstance]
 name=person;