diff --git a/src/fenrirscreenreader/core/punctuationManager.py b/src/fenrirscreenreader/core/punctuationManager.py
index 0c8592a1..d665141f 100644
--- a/src/fenrirscreenreader/core/punctuationManager.py
+++ b/src/fenrirscreenreader/core/punctuationManager.py
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ class punctuationManager():
                     else:
                         resultText = resultText.replace(str(key),' ' +str(item) + ' ')
         return resultText
-    
+    def isPuctuation(self, char):
+        return char in self.env['punctuation']['PUNCTDICT']
     def proceedPunctuation(self, text, ignorePunctuation=False):
         resultText = text
         resultText = self.useCustomDict(resultText, self.env['punctuation']['CUSTOMDICT'])
diff --git a/src/fenrirscreenreader/core/textManager.py b/src/fenrirscreenreader/core/textManager.py
index b68aad34..05633f30 100644
--- a/src/fenrirscreenreader/core/textManager.py
+++ b/src/fenrirscreenreader/core/textManager.py
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ class textManager():
             newText += text[lastPos:span[0]]
             numberOfChars = len(text[span[0]:span[1]])
             name = text[span[0]:span[1]][:2]
+            if not self.env['runtime']['punctuationManager'].isPuctuation(name[0]):  
+                lastPos = span[1]
+                continue          
             if name[0] == name[1]:
                 newText += ' ' + str(numberOfChars) + ' ' + self.env['runtime']['punctuationManager'].proceedPunctuation(name[0], True) + ' '
             else:
@@ -45,6 +48,9 @@ class textManager():
             result += text[lastPos:span[0]]
             numberOfChars = len(newText[span[0]:span[1]])
             name = newText[span[0]:span[1]][:2]
+            if not self.env['runtime']['punctuationManager'].isPuctuation(name[0]):  
+                lastPos = span[1]            
+                continue               
             if name[0] == name[1]:
                 result += ' ' + str(numberOfChars) + ' ' + self.env['runtime']['punctuationManager'].proceedPunctuation(name[0], True) + ' '
             else: