# Characters adding asterisks in responses - removed from TTS

**URL:** <https://forum.convai.com/t/characters-adding-asterisks-in-responses-removed-from-tts/2858>\
**Category:** Voice, Speech & Language\
**Tags:** question, language-and-speech\
**Created:** [February 6, 2025, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/characters-adding-asterisks-in-responses-removed-from-tts/2858 "2025-02-06T15:47:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![heivoll](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forum.convai.com/heivoll/32/4738_2.png) [@heivoll](https://forum.convai.com/u/heivoll)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/characters-adding-asterisks-in-responses-removed-from-tts/2858/1 "2025-02-06T15:47:04Z")

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Hello,

Several of our characters are using asterisks in their responses, seemingly usually to add emphasis on certain words. For example: "I mean, instead of knee-jerk reactions, let’s analyze _why_ the miscommunication happened. "  
In these cases, the TTS completely ignore these words, so the character just says “[…] let’s analyze the miscommunication […]”.

We’ve experienced this with quite a few characters lately.

Example character ID: f0dd50a2-e3af-11ef-814a-42010a7be016  
Example session ID: 11baea63f58fd2bc3dc415e139740e61

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**Author:** ![Hakuna\_Matata](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forum.convai.com/hakuna_matata/32/2690_2.png) [@Hakuna\_Matata](https://forum.convai.com/u/Hakuna_Matata)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/characters-adding-asterisks-in-responses-removed-from-tts/2858/2 "2025-02-06T17:22:02Z")

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Hello, we have identified the issue and will be rolling out a fix soon. Apologize for the inconvenience.

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**Author:** ![heivoll](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forum.convai.com/heivoll/32/4738_2.png) [@heivoll](https://forum.convai.com/u/heivoll)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/characters-adding-asterisks-in-responses-removed-from-tts/2858/3 "2025-02-06T18:52:14Z")

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@Hakuna_Matata That was quick! Thank you for finding a fix 😃

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**Author:** ![Hakuna\_Matata](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forum.convai.com/hakuna_matata/32/2690_2.png) [@Hakuna\_Matata](https://forum.convai.com/u/Hakuna_Matata)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/characters-adding-asterisks-in-responses-removed-from-tts/2858/4 "2025-02-06T21:07:11Z")

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The fix has been pushed to our staging. It will be deployed by tomorrow to our prod.

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**Author:** ![Hakuna\_Matata](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forum.convai.com/hakuna_matata/32/2690_2.png) [@Hakuna\_Matata](https://forum.convai.com/u/Hakuna_Matata)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/characters-adding-asterisks-in-responses-removed-from-tts/2858/5 "2025-02-07T18:04:58Z")

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Fix is in prod. Let me know if you observe any other issue.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/uploads/convai/original/1X/e60ef96aa7334c5ccf6682f6c6dbc20fcfa96b49.png) [@system](https://forum.convai.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 6:05pm UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/characters-adding-asterisks-in-responses-removed-from-tts/2858/6 "2025-03-09T18:05:43Z")

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Closed on March 9, 2025, 6:05pm UTC

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