Yet another attempt and handling charsets.

Toby Doom Launcher.py

@@ -248,26 +248,33 @@ class SpeechHandler:
         while True:
             try:
                 line = process.stdout.readline()
-                # Keep gzdoom's existing functionality of lines being printed to the console.
+                if not isinstance(line, str):
-                print(line, end='')
+                    line = line.decode('utf-8', errors='replace')
+                
                 if not line:
                     break
                 
+                # Keep gzdoom's existing functionality of lines being printed to the console
+                print(line, end='', flush=True)
+            
                 lineStr = line.strip()
+                if not lineStr:
+                    continue
 
                 # Wait for the initial separator before starting speech
                 if not startSpeech:
-                    if lineStr and all(c == '-' for c in lineStr):
+                    if all(c == '-' for c in lineStr):
                         startSpeech = True
-                    continue
+                        continue
 
-                processedLine = self.process_line(lineStr)
+                if startSpeech:
-                if processedLine:
+                    processedLine = self.process_line(lineStr)
-                    self.speak(processedLine)
+                    if processedLine:
+                        self.speak(processedLine)
 
             except Exception as e:
                 print(f"Error processing game output: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
-                break
+                continue
 
 
 class MenuDialog(QDialog):