thanks for your input. I've tried the $SIG{PIPE} and it is dying so it is happening. I've tried to simplify it into the following:
Module (Voice.pm): 
package Voice;

use IO::Socket;

sub new {
  shift;
  my $self = {};
  bless($self);
  return $self;
} # end-new

sub talk {
  $handle = IO::Socket::INET->new(Proto     => "tcp",
                                  PeerAdr   => "localhost",
                                  PeerPort  => 1314)
                                  || die($!);
  print $handle "(SayText \"Testing.\")" || die($!);
} # end-talk

1;

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Script (test.cgi): 
#!/usr/bin/perl

use CGI qw(:header);
print header;

use Voice;
my $voice = new Voice;
$voice->talk;

exit;

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When I run test.cgi through a web browser I get nothing (even if the festival server is not running). When I run it from the command line, I get "broken pipe" regardless of whether the festival server is running or not.
The following script works just fine: 
#!/usr/bin/perl

use IO::Socket;
$handle = IO::Socket::INET->new(Proto     => "tcp",
                                PeerAddr  => "localhost",
                                PeerPort  => 1314)
                                || die($!);
print $handle "(SayText \"Testing.\")";

exit;

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Being a newbie at perl modules my guess is that I've done something wrong in writing the module but I really dont know.

In reply to Re^2: Festival Module by rsiedl
in thread Broken Pipe error when talking to Festival server by rsiedl

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