diff --git a/utils/voice.py b/utils/voice.py
index a0709fa..24ba78e 100644
--- a/utils/voice.py
+++ b/utils/voice.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def sanitize_text(text: str) -> str:
     result = re.sub(regex_urls, " ", text)
 
     # note: not removing apostrophes
-    regex_expr = r"\s['|’]|['|’]\s|[\^_~@!&;#:\-–—%“”‘\"%\*/{}\[\]\(\)\\|<>=+]"
+    regex_expr = r"\s['|’]|['|’]\s|[\^_~@!&;#:\-%—“”‘\"%\*/{}\[\]\(\)\\|<>=+]"
     result = re.sub(regex_expr, " ", result)
     result = result.replace("+", "plus").replace("&", "and")
     # remove extra whitespace