Index: apps/app_festival.c
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--- apps/app_festival.c	(revision 12343)
+++ apps/app_festival.c	(working copy)
@@ -335,6 +335,35 @@
 	}
 	if (!(festivalcommand = ast_variable_retrieve(cfg, "general", "festivalcommand"))) {
 		festivalcommand = "(tts_textasterisk \"%s\" 'file)(quit)\n";
+	} else { /* This else parses the festivalcommand that we're sent from the config file for \n's, etc */
+		char newfestivalcommand[strlen(festivalcommand)];
+		int i, j = 0, escapedstate = 0;
+		for(i=0;i<strlen(festivalcommand);i++) {
+			if (festivalcommand[i] == '\\') {
+				if (escapedstate == 0) {
+					escapedstate = 1;
+				} else {
+					newfestivalcommand[j] = '\\';
+					j++;
+					escapedstate = 0;
+				}
+				
+			} else {
+				if (escapedstate == 1) {
+					if (festivalcommand[i] == 'n') {
+						newfestivalcommand[j] = '\n';
+						j++;
+						escapedstate = 0;
+					}
+				} else {
+					newfestivalcommand[j] = festivalcommand[i];
+					j++;
+				}
+				
+			}
+		}
+		newfestivalcommand[j] = '\0';
+		festivalcommand = newfestivalcommand;
 	}
 	
 	if (!(data = ast_strdupa(vdata))) {