diff --git a/examples/talk.llama/speak.sh b/examples/talk.llama/speak.sh
index 86d48843..24145dc0 100755
--- a/examples/talk.llama/speak.sh
+++ b/examples/talk.llama/speak.sh
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@
 #
 wd=$(dirname $0)
 script=$wd/eleven-labs.py
-python3 $script $1 "$2"
-ffplay -autoexit -nodisp -loglevel quiet -hide_banner -i ./audio.mp3
+python3 $script $1 "$2" >/dev/null 2>&1
+ffplay -autoexit -nodisp -loglevel quiet -hide_banner -i ./audio.mp3 >/dev/null 2>&1
diff --git a/examples/talk.llama/talk-llama.cpp b/examples/talk.llama/talk-llama.cpp
index 2e4dc51f..8cbb1cd1 100644
--- a/examples/talk.llama/talk-llama.cpp
+++ b/examples/talk.llama/talk-llama.cpp
@@ -317,6 +317,8 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
     printf("%s%s", params.person.c_str(), chat_symb.c_str());
     fflush(stdout);
 
+    audio.clear();
+
     const int n_keep = embd_inp.size();
     const int voice_id = 2;
 
@@ -490,6 +492,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
                     }
                 }
 
+                text_to_speak = ::replace(text_to_speak, "\"", "");
                 system((params.speak + " " + std::to_string(voice_id) + " \"" + text_to_speak + "\"").c_str());
 
                 audio.clear();