diff --git a/openrtx/include/core/voicePrompts.h b/openrtx/include/core/voicePrompts.h
index a096bf80..c552096d 100644
--- a/openrtx/include/core/voicePrompts.h
+++ b/openrtx/include/core/voicePrompts.h
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ in the voicePrompts generator project.
 typedef enum
 {
 PROMPT_SILENCE, //  
-PROMPT_POINT, // POINT
 PROMPT_0, // 0
 PROMPT_1, // 1
 PROMPT_2, // 2
@@ -104,18 +103,19 @@ PROMPT_VOLTS, // Volts
 PROMPT_MILLIWATTS, // Milliwatts
 PROMPT_WATT, // Wattt
 PROMPT_WATTS, // Watts
-PROMPT_PERCENT, // Percent
 PROMPT_RECEIVE, // Receive
 PROMPT_TRANSMIT, // Transmit
 PROMPT_MODE, // Mode
 PROMPT_DMR, // D M R
 PROMPT_FM, // F M
 PROMPT_M17, // M seventeen
+PROMPT_SPACE, // space
+PROMPT_PERCENT, // Percent
+PROMPT_POINT, // POINT
 PROMPT_PLUS, // Plus
 PROMPT_MINUS, // Minus
 PROMPT_STAR, // Star
 PROMPT_HASH, // Hash
-PROMPT_SPACE, // space
 PROMPT_EXCLAIM, // exclaim
 PROMPT_COMMA, // comma
 PROMPT_AT, // at
@@ -142,13 +142,18 @@ NUM_VOICE_PROMPTS,
 	__MAKE_ENUM_16BITS = INT16_MAX
 } voicePrompt_t;
 
+// PROMPT_VOICE_NAME is always the very last prompt after the indexed prompts from the strings table.
 #define PROMPT_VOICE_NAME (NUM_VOICE_PROMPTS + (sizeof(stringsTable_t)/sizeof(char*)))
+
 typedef enum
 {
 	vpAnnounceCaps=0x01,
 	vpAnnounceCustomPrompts=0x02,
-	vpAnnounceSpaceAndSymbols=0x04,
-	vpAnnouncePhoneticRendering=0x08,
+	vpAnnounceSpace=0x04,
+	vpAnnounceCommonSymbols=0x08,
+	vpAnnounceLessCommonSymbols=0x10,
+	vpAnnounceASCIIValueForUnknownChars=0x20,
+	vpAnnouncePhoneticRendering=0x40,
 } VoicePromptFlags_T;
 
 extern bool voicePromptDataIsLoaded;
diff --git a/openrtx/src/core/voicePrompts.c b/openrtx/src/core/voicePrompts.c
index 2b14e845..c78f8060 100644
--- a/openrtx/src/core/voicePrompts.c
+++ b/openrtx/src/core/voicePrompts.c
@@ -188,11 +188,16 @@ void vpQueuePrompt(uint16_t prompt)
 // This function spells out a string letter by letter.
 void vpQueueString(char *promptString, VoicePromptFlags_T flags)
 {
-	const char indexedSymbols[] = "!,@:?()~/[]<>=$'`&|_^{}"; // handles most of them in indexed order, must match order of vps.
+	const char indexedSymbols[] = "%.+-*#!,@:?()~/[]<>=$'`&|_^{}"; // handles must match order of vps.
+	const char commonSymbols[] = "%.+-*#"; // handles must match order of vps.
+	
 	if (voicePromptIsActive)
 	{
 		vpInit();
 	}
+	bool announceCommonSymbols = (flags & vpAnnounceCommonSymbols) ? true : false;
+	bool announceLessCommonSymbols=(flags & vpAnnounceLessCommonSymbols) ? true : false;
+	
 	while (*promptString != 0)
 	{
 		if ((*promptString >= '0') && (*promptString <= '9'))
@@ -215,52 +220,42 @@ void vpQueueString(char *promptString, VoicePromptFlags_T flags)
 			else
 				vpQueuePrompt(*promptString - 'a' + PROMPT_A);
 		}
-		else if (*promptString == '.')
+		else if ((*promptString==' ') && (flags&vpAnnounceSpace))
 		{
-			vpQueuePrompt(PROMPT_POINT);
+			vpQueuePrompt(PROMPT_SPACE);
 		}
-		else if (*promptString == '+')
+		else if (announceCommonSymbols  || announceLessCommonSymbols)
 		{
-			vpQueuePrompt(PROMPT_PLUS);
-		}
-		else if (*promptString == '-')
-		{
-			vpQueuePrompt(PROMPT_MINUS);
-		}
-		else if (*promptString == '%')
-		{
-			vpQueuePrompt(PROMPT_PERCENT);
-		}
-		else if (*promptString == '*')
-		{
-			vpQueuePrompt(PROMPT_STAR);
-		}
-		else if (*promptString == '#')
-		{
-			vpQueuePrompt(PROMPT_HASH);
-		}
-		else if (flags&(vpAnnounceSpaceAndSymbols))
-		{
-			if (*promptString==' ')
-				vpQueuePrompt(PROMPT_SPACE);
-			else
+			char* symbolPtr = strchr(indexedSymbols, *promptString);
+			if (symbolPtr != NULL)
 			{
-				char* ptr=strchr(indexedSymbols, *promptString);
-				if (ptr)
+				bool commonSymbol= strchr(commonSymbols, *symbolPtr) != NULL;
+				
+				if ((commonSymbol && announceCommonSymbols) || (!commonSymbol && announceLessCommonSymbols))
 				{
-					vpQueuePrompt(PROMPT_EXCLAIM+(ptr-indexedSymbols));
+					vpQueuePrompt(PROMPT_PERCENT+(symbolPtr-indexedSymbols));
 				}
 				else
 				{
-					int32_t val = *promptString;
-					vpQueueLanguageString(&currentLanguage->dtmf_code); // just the word "code" as we don't have character.
-					vpQueueInteger(val);
+					vpQueuePrompt(PROMPT_SILENCE);
 				}
 			}
+			else if (flags&vpAnnounceASCIIValueForUnknownChars)
+			{
+				int32_t val = *promptString;
+				vpQueueLanguageString(&currentLanguage->dtmf_code); // just the word "code" as we don't have character.
+				vpQueueInteger(val);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				vpQueuePrompt(PROMPT_SILENCE);
+			}
 		}
 		else
+		{
 			// otherwise just add silence
 			vpQueuePrompt(PROMPT_SILENCE);
+		}
 		
 		promptString++;
 	}