diff --git a/speech/clipboard_translator.sh b/speech/clipboard_translator.sh
index d34a3a7..3445913 100755
--- a/speech/clipboard_translator.sh
+++ b/speech/clipboard_translator.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ while pgrep -u "$USER" ^$1 &> /dev/null ; do
         continue
     fi
     if [[ "${newText}" =~ ^[0-9A-Za-z[:space:][:punct:]]+$ ]]; then
-        spd-say "$newText"
+        spd-say -- "$newText"
         echo "" | xclip -d "${DISPLAY:-:0}" -selection clipboard 2> /dev/null
         continue
     fi
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ while pgrep -u "$USER" ^$1 &> /dev/null ; do
         $0~originalText { print $2; exitCode = 0; exit}
         END { exit exitCode }' "$dictionaryFile")"
     if [[ "${#translatedText}" -ge 1 ]]; then
-        spd-say "$translatedText"
+        spd-say -- "$translatedText"
         echo "" | xclip -d "${DISPLAY:-:0}" -selection clipboard 2> /dev/null
         continue
     fi
@@ -49,6 +49,6 @@ while pgrep -u "$USER" ^$1 &> /dev/null ; do
     if ! [[ "${newText}" =~ ^[0-9[:punct:]]+$ ]]; then
         echo "${newText})==:[${translatedText}" >> "$dictionaryFile"
     fi
-    spd-say "$translatedText"
+    spd-say -- "$translatedText"
     echo "" | xclip -d "${DISPLAY:-:0}" -selection clipboard 2> /dev/null
 done
diff --git a/speech/speak_window_title.sh b/speech/speak_window_title.sh
index 4e8f9f1..c4a8c6b 100755
--- a/speech/speak_window_title.sh
+++ b/speech/speak_window_title.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ while pgrep -u "$USER" ^$1 &> /dev/null ; do
     if [[ "$wnd_title" =~ $lookfor ]]; then
         wnd_title=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
         if [[ "$old_title" != "$wnd_title" ]]; then
-            spd-say "$wnd_title"
+            spd-say -- "$wnd_title"
             old_title="$wnd_title"
         fi
     fi