--- a/src/api/python/speechd_config/config.py	2025-05-07 00:38:06.000000000 +0530
+++ b/src/api/python/speechd_config/config.py	2025-11-16 17:46:35.462886486 +0530
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
             report(_("""Hint: Most likely, your Festival server is not running now
 or not at the default port %d.
 
-Try /etc/init.d/festival start or run 'festival --server' from the command line.""" % port))
+Try @TERMUX_PREFIX@/etc/init.d/festival start or run 'festival --server' from the command line.""" % port))
             return False
         return True
 
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@
         if 'TMPDIR' in os.environ:
             tmpdir = os.environ['TMPDIR']
         else:
-            tmpdir = "/tmp/"
+            tmpdir = "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp/"
         debugdir_path = os.path.join(tmpdir, "speechd-debug")
         date = datetime.date.today()
         debugarchive_path = os.path.join(tmpdir, "speechd-debug-%d-%d-%d.tar.gz" %
@@ -716,13 +716,13 @@
         report(_("Warning: You must be root or under sudo to do this.")        )
         report(_("Starting Speech Dispatcher in system-mode"))
 
-        reply = question(_("Is your system using an /etc/init.d/speech-dispatcher script?"),
+        reply = question(_("Is your system using an @TERMUX_PREFIX@/etc/init.d/speech-dispatcher script?"),
                          True)
         if reply:
             report(_("Stopping Speech Dispatcher in case any is running already"))
-            os.system("/etc/init.d/speech-dispatcher stop")
-            report(_("Starting Speech Dispatcher via /etc/init.d/speech-dispatcher"))
-            ret = os.system("/etc/init.d/speech-dispatcher start")
+            os.system("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/etc/init.d/speech-dispatcher stop")
+            report(_("Starting Speech Dispatcher via @TERMUX_PREFIX@/etc/init.d/speech-dispatcher"))
+            ret = os.system("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/etc/init.d/speech-dispatcher start")
             if ret:
                 report(_("Can't start Speech Dispatcher. Exited with status %d" % ret))
                 return False
--- a/src/clients/spdsend/server.c	2025-05-07 00:38:06.000000000 +0530
+++ b/src/clients/spdsend/server.c	2025-11-16 17:47:32.765820229 +0530
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@
 static const char *server_socket_name()
 {
 	char *name;
-	if (asprintf(&name, "/tmp/spdsend-server.%s", login_name()) < 0)
+	if (asprintf(&name, "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp/spdsend-server.%s", login_name()) < 0)
 		system_error("memory allocation");
 	return name;
 }
--- a/src/modules/cicero.c	2025-05-07 00:38:06.000000000 +0530
+++ b/src/modules/cicero.c	2025-11-16 17:48:32.666192210 +0530
@@ -134,9 +134,9 @@
 {
 	INIT_SETTINGS_TABLES();
 	REGISTER_DEBUG();
-	MOD_OPTION_1_STR_REG(CiceroExecutable, "/usr/bin/cicero");
+	MOD_OPTION_1_STR_REG(CiceroExecutable, "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/usr/bin/cicero");
 	MOD_OPTION_1_STR_REG(CiceroExecutableLog,
-			     "/var/log/speech-dispatcher/cicero-executable.log");
+			     "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/var/log/speech-dispatcher/cicero-executable.log");
 	return 0;
 }
 
--- a/src/modules/festival.c	2025-05-07 00:38:06.000000000 +0530
+++ b/src/modules/festival.c	2025-11-16 18:01:21.818355609 +0530
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@
 						char filename_debug
 						    [256];
 						sprintf(filename_debug,
-							"/tmp/debug-festival-%d.snd",
+							"@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp/debug-festival-%d.snd",
 							debug_count++);
 						save_FT_Wave_snd(fwave,
 								 filename_debug);
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@
 			if (FestivalDebugSaveOutput) {
 				char filename_debug[256];
 				sprintf(filename_debug,
-					"/tmp/debug-festival-%d.snd",
+					"@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp/debug-festival-%d.snd",
 					debug_count++);
 				save_FT_Wave_snd(fwave, filename_debug);
 			}
--- a/src/modules/generic.c	2025-05-07 00:38:06.000000000 +0530
+++ b/src/modules/generic.c	2025-11-16 18:10:45.430906931 +0530
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
 	MOD_OPTION_1_STR_REG(GenericExecuteSynth, "");
 	MOD_OPTION_1_STR_REG(GenericCmdDependency, "");
 	MOD_OPTION_1_INT_REG(GenericPortDependency, 0);
-	MOD_OPTION_1_STR_REG(GenericSoundIconFolder, "/usr/share/sounds/sound-icons/");
+	MOD_OPTION_1_STR_REG(GenericSoundIconFolder, "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/usr/share/sounds/sound-icons/");
 
 	REGISTER_DEBUG();
 
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@
 				if (helper)
 					tmpdir = g_strdup(helper);
 				else
-					tmpdir = g_strdup("/tmp");
+					tmpdir = g_strdup("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp");
 
 				helper = g_get_home_dir();
 				if (helper)
@@ -648,9 +648,9 @@
 					exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 				} else if (pid == 0) {
 					// child, execute command
-					ret = execl("/bin/bash", "bash", "-c", command, (char *) NULL);
+					ret = execl("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/bash", "bash", "-c", command, (char *) NULL);
 					// catch missing bash
-					DBG("Missing /bin/bash? (ret=%d error=%d) %s", ret, errno, strerror(errno));
+					DBG("Missing @TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/bash? (ret=%d error=%d) %s", ret, errno, strerror(errno));
 					exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 				} else {
 					int status;
--- a/src/modules/ibmtts.c	2025-05-07 00:38:06.000000000 +0530
+++ b/src/modules/ibmtts.c	2025-11-16 18:10:52.989800875 +0530
@@ -341,11 +341,11 @@
 	MOD_OPTION_1_INT_REG(IbmttsUseAbbreviation, 1);
 	MOD_OPTION_1_STR_REG(IbmttsPunctuationList, "()?");
 	MOD_OPTION_1_STR_REG(IbmttsDictionaryFolder,
-			     "/var/opt/IBM/ibmtts/dict");
+			     "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/var/opt/IBM/ibmtts/dict");
 
 	MOD_OPTION_1_INT_REG(IbmttsAudioChunkSize, 20000);
 	MOD_OPTION_1_STR_REG(IbmttsSoundIconFolder,
-			     "/usr/share/sounds/sound-icons/");
+			     "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/usr/share/sounds/sound-icons/");
 
 	/* Register voices. */
 	module_register_settings_voices();
--- a/src/modules/ivona.c	2025-05-07 00:38:06.000000000 +0530
+++ b/src/modules/ivona.c	2025-11-16 18:11:17.621986559 +0530
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 	MOD_OPTION_1_STR_REG(IvonaDelimiters, ".;:,!?");
 	MOD_OPTION_1_INT_REG(IvonaMinCapLet, 0);
 	MOD_OPTION_1_STR_REG(IvonaSoundIconPath,
-			     "/usr/share/sound/sound-icons/");
+			     "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/usr/share/sound/sound-icons/");
 
 	MOD_OPTION_1_STR_REG(IvonaServerHost, "127.0.0.1");
 	MOD_OPTION_1_INT_REG(IvonaServerPort, 9123);
--- a/src/modules/dummy-message.txt	2025-05-07 00:38:06.000000000 +0530
+++ b/src/modules/dummy-message.txt	2025-11-16 18:12:16.183172391 +0530
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
 
 /run/user/1000something/speech-dispatcher/log/speech-dispatcher.log
 
-/var/log/speech-dispatcher/speech-dispatcher.log
+@TERMUX_PREFIX@/var/log/speech-dispatcher/speech-dispatcher.log
 
 or in your home in dot speech-dispatcher/log/speech-dispatcher.log
--- a/src/server/options.c	2025-05-07 00:38:06.000000000 +0530
+++ b/src/server/options.c	2025-11-16 18:08:29.956221488 +0530
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
 	printf(_("Output debugging information into $TMPDIR/%s\n"),
 	       "speechd-debug");
 	printf("                        ");
-	printf(_("if TMPDIR is exported, otherwise to /tmp/%s\n"),
+	printf(_("if TMPDIR is exported, otherwise to @TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp/%s\n"),
 	       "speechd-debug");
 	printf("  -h, --help            ");
 	printf(_("Print this info\n"));
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
 		case 'D':
 			tmpdir = g_strdup(getenv("TMPDIR"));
 			if (!tmpdir)
-				tmpdir = g_strdup("/tmp");
+				tmpdir = g_strdup("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp");
 			SpeechdOptions.debug_destination =
 			    g_strdup_printf("%s/speechd-debug", tmpdir);
 			g_free(tmpdir);
--- a/src/server/speechd.c	2025-05-07 00:38:06.000000000 +0530
+++ b/src/server/speechd.c	2025-11-16 18:08:54.831349350 +0530
@@ -1203,7 +1203,7 @@
 				    g_strdup(SYS_CONF);
 			else
 				SpeechdOptions.conf_dir =
-				    g_strdup("/etc/speech-dispatcher/");
+				    g_strdup("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/etc/speech-dispatcher/");
 			SpeechdOptions.user_conf_dir =
 			    g_build_filename(user_config_dir,
 					     "speech-dispatcher", NULL);
--- a/src/modules/openjtalk.c	2025-05-07 00:38:06.000000000 +0530
+++ b/src/modules/openjtalk.c	2025-11-16 18:23:56.936287975 +0530
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@
 	REGISTER_DEBUG();
 
 	MOD_OPTION_1_STR_REG(OpenjtalkDictionaryDirectory,
-			     "/var/lib/mecab/dic/open-jtalk/naist-jdic");
+			     "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/var/lib/mecab/dic/open-jtalk/naist-jdic");
 	MOD_OPTION_1_STR_REG(OpenjtalkVoice,
-			     "/usr/share/hts-voice/nitech-jp-atr503-m001/nitech_jp_atr503_m001.htsvoice");
+			     "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/share/hts-voice/nitech-jp-atr503-m001/nitech_jp_atr503_m001.htsvoice");
 
 	DBG("OpenjtalkDictionaryDirectory: %s", OpenjtalkDictionaryDirectory);
 	DBG("OpenjtalkVoice: %s", OpenjtalkVoice);
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
 	/* Strip SSML (Open JTalk does not support it.) */
 	char *plain_data = module_strip_ssml(data);
 
-	char template[] = "/tmp/speechd-openjtalk-XXXXXX";
+	char template[] = "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp/speechd-openjtalk-XXXXXX";
 	umask(0077);
 	int tmp_fd = mkstemp(template);
 	if (tmp_fd == -1) {