diff -ur a/src/orca/speech.py b/src/orca/speech.py
--- a/src/orca/speech.py	2011-10-27 07:04:40.859995438 +0700
+++ b/src/orca/speech.py	2011-10-27 07:09:15.175990755 +0700
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@
     """ Punctuation level changed, inform this speechServer. """
 
     if _speechserver:
-        _speechserver.updatePunctuationLevel()
+        debug.println(debug.LEVEL_INFO, "updatePunctuationLevel() is disabled")
     else:
         logLine = "SPEECH OUTPUT: 'punctuation level' updated"
         debug.println(debug.LEVEL_INFO, logLine)