diff --git a/src/plugins/vcNarrator.tsx b/src/plugins/vcNarrator.tsx
index b8f0fdef..caca70df 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vcNarrator.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/vcNarrator.tsx
@@ -59,17 +59,20 @@ function speak(text: string, settings: any = Settings.plugins.VcNarrator) {
     speechSynthesis.speak(speech);
 }
 
-function clean(str: string, fallback: string) {
+function clean(str: string) {
+    const replacer = Settings.plugins.VcNarrator.latinOnly
+        ? /[^\p{Script=Latin}\p{Number}\p{Punctuation}\s]/gu
+        : /[^\p{Letter}\p{Number}\p{Punctuation}\s]/gu;
+
     return str.normalize("NFKC")
-        .replace(/[^\w ]/g, "")
-        .trim()
-        || fallback;
+        .replace(replacer, "")
+        .trim();
 }
 
 function formatText(str: string, user: string, channel: string) {
     return str
-        .replaceAll("{{USER}}", clean(user, user ? "Someone" : ""))
-        .replaceAll("{{CHANNEL}}", clean(channel, "channel"));
+        .replaceAll("{{USER}}", clean(user) || user ? "Someone" : "")
+        .replaceAll("{{CHANNEL}}", clean(channel) || "channel");
 }
 
 /*
@@ -235,6 +238,11 @@ export default definePlugin({
                 type: OptionType.BOOLEAN,
                 default: false
             },
+            latinOnly: {
+                description: "Strip non latin characters from names before saying them",
+                type: OptionType.BOOLEAN,
+                default: false
+            },
             joinMessage: {
                 type: OptionType.STRING,
                 description: "Join Message",