diff --git a/tts/sam/index.js b/tts/sam/index.js
index ce9cc77..1672963 100644
--- a/tts/sam/index.js
+++ b/tts/sam/index.js
@@ -12,7 +12,12 @@ module.exports = class extends BaseEngine {
     }
     async getSpeechFile(text, filepath, voice = this.getDefaultVoice(), params = {}) {
         let sam = new Sam();
-        const buf = sam.buf8(text);
+        let phonetic = false;
+        if (text[0] == "$") {
+            text = text.slice(1);
+            phonetic = true;
+        }
+        const buf = sam.buf8(text, phonetic);
         const file = new wavefile.WaveFile();
         file.fromScratch(1, 22050, 8, buf);
         fs.writeFileSync(filepath, file.toBuffer());