diff --git a/src/agent/agent.js b/src/agent/agent.js
index 0d4b98c..449349f 100644
--- a/src/agent/agent.js
+++ b/src/agent/agent.js
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ export class Agent {
 
     requestInterrupt() {
         this.bot.interrupt_code = true;
+        this.bot.stopDigging();
         this.bot.collectBlock.cancelTask();
         this.bot.pathfinder.stop();
         this.bot.pvp.stop();
@@ -357,7 +358,7 @@ export class Agent {
         }
         else {
 	    if (settings.speak) {
-            	say(message);
+            say(to_translate);
 	    }
             this.bot.chat(message);
         }
diff --git a/src/agent/speak.js b/src/agent/speak.js
index 9fc9c60..e5fe658 100644
--- a/src/agent/speak.js
+++ b/src/agent/speak.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ function processQueue() {
   let command;
 
   if (isWin) {
-    command = `powershell -Command "Add-Type –AssemblyName System.Speech; (New-Object System.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer).Speak(\\"${textToSpeak}\\")"`;
+    command = `powershell -Command "Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Speech; $s = New-Object System.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer; $s.Rate = 2; $s.Speak(\\"${textToSpeak}\\"); $s.Dispose()"`;
   } else if (isMac) {
     command = `say "${textToSpeak}"`;
   } else {