diff --git a/gizmo/media/speechrec.h b/gizmo/media/speechrec.h
index de7a932..076c8fe 100644
--- a/gizmo/media/speechrec.h
+++ b/gizmo/media/speechrec.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "text/words.h"
 #include <pocketsphinx.h>
 #include <string>
+#include <util/cmd_ln.h>


 class SpeechRecognition : public AVOutput

diff --git a/gizmo/media/speechrec.cpp b/gizmo/media/speechrec.cpp
index 4fe0bf7..fd041b9 100644
--- a/gizmo/media/speechrec.cpp
+++ b/gizmo/media/speechrec.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "general/exception.h"
 #include <cstring>
 #include <cstdint>
+#include <util/cmd_ln.h>

 using namespace std;

@@ -30,28 +31,13 @@ SpeechRecognition::~SpeechRecognition()

 void SpeechRecognition::setParam(const string &key, const string &val)
 {
-	arg_t const *args = ps_args();
+	ps_arg_t const *args = ps_args();

 	for (size_t i = 0; args[i].name != NULL; i++)
 	{
 		if (key == args[i].name)
 		{
-			int type = args[i].type;
-			if (type & ARG_INTEGER)
-				cmd_ln_set_int_r(m_config, key.c_str(), atol(val.c_str()));
-			else if (type & ARG_FLOATING)
-				cmd_ln_set_float_r(m_config, key.c_str(), atof(val.c_str()));
-			else if (type & ARG_STRING)
-				cmd_ln_set_str_r(m_config, key.c_str(), val.c_str());
-			else if (type & ARG_BOOLEAN)
-				cmd_ln_set_boolean_r(m_config, key.c_str(),
-						!(val.empty() || val == "0"));
-			else
-				throw EXCEPTION("invalid parameter type")
-					.module("SpeechRecognition", "setParameter")
-					.add("parameter", key)
-					.add("value", val)
-					.add("type", type);
+			cmd_ln_set_str_extra_r(m_config, key.c_str(), val.c_str());

 			return;
 		}
@@ -89,7 +75,7 @@ void SpeechRecognition::start(const AVStream *stream)
 		throw EXCEPTION("can't init Sphinx engine")
 			.module("SpeechRecognition", "ps_init");

-	int32_t frate = cmd_ln_int32_r(m_config, "-frate");
+	int32_t frate = ((cmd_ln_access_r(m_config, "-frate"))->val).fl;
 	m_framePeriod = 1.0 / (double)frate;

 	if (frate == 0)