Index: src/orca/Gecko.py
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--- src/orca/Gecko.py	(revision 3859)
+++ src/orca/Gecko.py	(working copy)
@@ -8099,7 +8099,7 @@
         character = self.getCharacterAtOffset(obj, characterOffset)
         if obj:
             if character and character != self.EMBEDDED_OBJECT_CHARACTER:
-                speech.speak(character, self.getACSS(obj, character), False)
+                speech.speakCharacter(character, self.getACSS(obj, character))
             elif obj.getRole() != pyatspi.ROLE_ENTRY:
                 # We won't have a character if we move to the end of an
                 # entry (in which case we're not on a character and therefore
