diff --git a/src/js/speech.js b/src/js/speech.js
index efa409182f98380b23e8d4cec1367a262ac28857..1995b7a06ac023c9bc4d4b1d622e3b9a09660de6 100644
--- a/src/js/speech.js
+++ b/src/js/speech.js
@@ -176,13 +176,13 @@ globalThis.Enunciate = function(slave) {
 };
 
 /**
- * Returns speech with lisp if slave lisps and can talk
+ * Returns speech with lisp if slave lisps
  * @param {App.Entity.SlaveState} slave
  * @param {string} speech
  * @returns {string}
  */
 globalThis.Spoken = function(slave, speech) {
-	if (SlaveStatsChecker.checkForLisp(slave) && canTalk(slave)) {
+	if (SlaveStatsChecker.checkForLisp(slave)) {
 		return lispReplace(speech);
 	} else {
 		return speech;