Index: src/orca/speech.py
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--- src/orca/speech.py	(revision 3903)
+++ src/orca/speech.py	(working copy)
@@ -210,9 +210,9 @@
     if settings.silenceSpeech:
         return
 
-    character = chnames.getCharacterName(character)
-    debug.println(debug.LEVEL_INFO, "SPEECH OUTPUT: '" + character + "'")
-    log.info("SPEECH OUTPUT: '%s'" % character)
+    spokenCharacter = chnames.getCharacterName(character)
+    debug.println(debug.LEVEL_INFO, "SPEECH OUTPUT: '" + spokenCharacter + "'")
+    log.info("SPEECH OUTPUT: '%s'" % spokenCharacter)
 
     if _speechserver:
         _speechserver.speakCharacter(character, acss=acss)
