diff --git a/Toby Doom Launcher.py b/Toby Doom Launcher.py
index 05f7ec5..78348c9 100755
--- a/Toby Doom Launcher.py	
+++ b/Toby Doom Launcher.py	
@@ -249,14 +249,23 @@ class SpeechHandler:
             # Read directly from stdout, no need for buffer attribute
             for line in process.stdout:
                 try:
-                    # Handle encoding by trying utf-8 first, then fallback to latin1
-                    try:
-                        if isinstance(line, bytes):
-                            lineStr = line.decode('utf-8').strip()
-                        else:
-                            lineStr = line.strip()
-                    except UnicodeDecodeError:
-                        lineStr = line.decode('latin1').strip()
+                    # Try multiple encodings in order
+                    encodings = ['utf-8', 'gbk', 'big5', 'latin1']
+                    lineStr = None
+                    
+                    for encoding in encodings:
+                        try:
+                            if isinstance(line, bytes):
+                                lineStr = line.decode(encoding).strip()
+                            else:
+                                lineStr = line.strip()
+                            break  # Successfully decoded
+                        except UnicodeDecodeError:
+                            continue
+                            
+                    if lineStr is None:
+                        print(f"Failed to decode line with any encoding", file=sys.stderr)
+                        continue
                     
                     # Keep gzdoom's existing functionality of lines being printed to the console
                     print(lineStr)
@@ -269,7 +278,10 @@ class SpeechHandler:
                     
                     processedLine = self.process_line(lineStr)
                     if processedLine:
-                        self.speak(processedLine)
+                        try:
+                            self.speak(processedLine)
+                        except Exception as e:
+                            print(f"Error speaking line: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
                         
                 except Exception as e:
                     print(f"Error processing line: {e}", file=sys.stderr)