diff --git a/README_commandline.md b/README_commandline.md
index f260a6e68..48979d41b 100644
--- a/README_commandline.md
+++ b/README_commandline.md
@@ -401,4 +401,10 @@ On Debian based systems you will need to have the **python3-espeak** package ins
 python3 epicyon.py --speaker yournickname@yourdomain --password [yourpassword]
 ```
 
+Or if you have [picospeaker](https://gitlab.com/ky1e/picospeaker) installed:
+
+``` bash
+python3 epicyon.py --screenreader picospeaker --speaker yournickname@yourdomain --password [yourpassword]
+```
+
 This will then stay running and incoming posts will be announced as they arrive.
diff --git a/speaker.py b/speaker.py
index 5c9ac3514..b7f239aa7 100644
--- a/speaker.py
+++ b/speaker.py
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ def speakerReplaceLinks(sayText: str, translate: {},
     linkedStr = translate['Linked']
     prevWord = ''
     for word in wordsList:
+        if word.startswith(':'):
+            if word.endswith(':'):
+                replacements[word] = ', emoji ' + word.replace(':', '') + ','
+                continue
         # replace mentions, but not re-tweets
         if word.startswith('@') and not prevWord.endswith('RT'):
             replacements[word] = \