diff --git a/speech/clipboard_reader.sh b/speech/clipboard_reader.sh
index d0c489e..4c13cae 100755
--- a/speech/clipboard_reader.sh
+++ b/speech/clipboard_reader.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ while pgrep -u "$USER" ^$1 &> /dev/null ; do
                 if [[ -w "${socketFile}" ]]; then
                     echo "<#APPEND#>$cliptext" | socat - UNIX-CLIENT:"${socketFile}"
                 else
-                    spd-say -w -r 50 -- "$cliptext"
+                    spd-say -w -- "$cliptext"
                 fi
             fi
         else
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ while pgrep -u "$USER" ^$1 &> /dev/null ; do
                 if [[ -w "${socketFile}" ]]; then
                     echo "$cliptext" | socat - UNIX-CLIENT:"${socketFile}"
                 else
-                    spd-say -r 50 -- "$cliptext"
+                    spd-say -- "$cliptext"
                 fi
             fi
         fi