diff -Naru daisy-player-11.6.2.2/src/common.c daisy-player-11.6.2.2.new/src/common.c
--- daisy-player-11.6.2.2/src/common.c	2018-12-17 15:32:23.000000000 +0100
+++ daisy-player-11.6.2.2.new/src/common.c	2018-12-26 10:46:34.096727117 +0100
@@ -950,7 +950,7 @@
       char dev[5];
       FILE *p;
 
-      if ((p = popen ("/usr/bin/pactl list sinks", "r")) == NULL)
+      if ((p = popen ("LANG=C /usr/bin/pactl list sinks", "r")) == NULL)
       {
          beep ();
          endwin ();
