From 606bf90c13bb2dc559af9e0c987513afbd62d9e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2020 22:45:13 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] ...

---
 src/calibre/gui2/tts/macos.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/tts/macos.py b/src/calibre/gui2/tts/macos.py
index 3e5c235522..c32cbd41a9 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/tts/macos.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/tts/macos.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class Client:
     def speak_simple_text(self, text):
         self.current_callback = None
         self.pending_events = []
-        self.nsss.speak(text.replace('[[', '[').replace(']]', ']'))
+        self.nsss.speak(self.escape_marked_text(text))
 
     def speak_marked_text(self, text, callback):
         self.current_callback = callback