diff --git a/src/fenrirscreenreader/speechDriver/emacspeakDriver.py b/src/fenrirscreenreader/speechDriver/emacspeakDriver.py
index 414d225f..0c7fb354 100644
--- a/src/fenrirscreenreader/speechDriver/emacspeakDriver.py
+++ b/src/fenrirscreenreader/speechDriver/emacspeakDriver.py
@@ -5,11 +5,8 @@
 # By Chrys, Storm Dragon, and contributers.
 # generic driver
 
-from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
 import pexpect
-import ptyprocess
 import shlex
-import sys
 import time
 from fenrirscreenreader.core import debug
 from fenrirscreenreader.core.speechDriver import speechDriver
@@ -20,13 +17,11 @@ class driver(speechDriver):
     def initialize(self, environment):
         self.env = environment        
         try:
-            #self.server = ptyprocess.PtyProcessUnicode.spawn(['/usr/bin/tclsh', self.env['runtime']['settingsManager'].getSetting('speech', 'serverPath')])
             self.server = pexpect.spawn('tclsh ' + self.env['runtime']['settingsManager'].getSetting('speech', 'serverPath'))
             self._isInitialized = True            
         except Exception as e:
             self.env['runtime']['debug'].writeDebugOut('speechDriver:initialize:' + str(e),debug.debugLevel.ERROR)     
-            print(e)           
-        
+
     def shutdown(self):
         if self.server:
             try:
@@ -40,16 +35,15 @@ class driver(speechDriver):
         if not queueable: 
             self.cancel()
         try:
-            cleanText = shlex.split('tts_say "'+text.replace(',','')+'"')            
+            cleanText = text
+            for c in '[]{}\\|_@#^*<>\"`~^':
+                cleanText.replace(c,'')
+            cleanText = shlex.split(cleanText)
             for idx, word in enumerate(cleanText):
                 cleanText[idx] = word
             cleanText = ' '.join(cleanText)
-            #print(cleanText[0])            
-            #self.server.write('tts_say ' + '"' + cleanText[0] +'"\n')
-            #print(self.server.read(1000))
-            #self.server.sendline('tts_say ' + '"' + cleanText + '"') 
+            cleanText = 'tts_say \"' + cleanText +'\"'
             self.server.sendline(cleanText) 
-            print(cleanText)
         except Exception as e:
             self.env['runtime']['debug'].writeDebugOut('speechDriver:speak:self.server.sendline():' + str(e),debug.debugLevel.ERROR)            
     
@@ -57,10 +51,7 @@ class driver(speechDriver):
         if not self._isInitialized:
             return
         try:
-            pass
-            #self.server.write('s\n')      
-            #print(self.server.read(1000))                  
-            #self.server.sendline('stop')
+            self.server.sendline('stop')
         except Exception as e:
             print(e)
             self.env['runtime']['debug'].writeDebugOut('speechDriver:cancel:self.server.sendline():' + str(e),debug.debugLevel.ERROR)   
@@ -69,14 +60,11 @@ class driver(speechDriver):
         if not self._isInitialized:
             return
         try:
-            pass        
-            #self.server.write('tts_set_speech_rate ' + str(int(rate * 400)) + '\n')            
-            #self.server.sendline('tts_set_speech_rate ' + str(int(rate * 400)) + '')
+            self.server.sendline('tts_set_speech_rate ' + str(int(rate * 400)))
         except Exception as e:
             self.env['runtime']['debug'].writeDebugOut('speechDriver:setRate:self.server.sendline():' + str(e),debug.debugLevel.ERROR)  
     
     def setLanguage(self, language):
         if not self._isInitialized:
             return
-        #self.server.write('set_lang ' + language + '\n')
-        #self.server.sendline('set_lang ' + language + '')
+        self.server.sendline('set_lang ' + language)