diff --git a/apps/gui/textarea.c b/apps/gui/textarea.c
index 0dd063c493..b30667df4e 100644
--- a/apps/gui/textarea.c
+++ b/apps/gui/textarea.c
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 
 #include "textarea.h"
 #include "font.h"
+#include "lang.h"
+#include "talk.h"
 
 void gui_textarea_clear(struct screen * display)
 {
@@ -51,7 +53,8 @@ int gui_textarea_put_message(struct screen * display,
     int i;
     gui_textarea_clear(display);
     for(i=0;i<message->nb_lines && i+ystart<display->nb_lines;i++)
-        display->puts_scroll(0, i+ystart, (unsigned char *)message->message_lines[i]);
+         display->puts_scroll(0, i+ystart, P2STR((unsigned char *)message->
+                                                 message_lines[i]));
     gui_textarea_update(display);
     return(i);
 }
@@ -74,3 +77,18 @@ void gui_textarea_update_nblines(struct screen * display)
 #endif
     display->nb_lines = height / display->char_height;
 }
+
+void talk_text_message(struct text_message * message, bool enqueue)
+{
+    int line;
+    if(message)
+        for(line=0; line<message->nb_lines; line++)
+        {
+            long id = P2ID((unsigned char *)message->message_lines[line]);
+            if(id>=0)
+            {
+                talk_id(id, enqueue);
+                enqueue = true;
+            }
+        }
+}
diff --git a/apps/gui/textarea.h b/apps/gui/textarea.h
index 413169db24..765add084a 100644
--- a/apps/gui/textarea.h
+++ b/apps/gui/textarea.h
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ extern int gui_textarea_put_message(struct screen * display,
  */
 extern void gui_textarea_update_nblines(struct screen * display);
 
+/*
+ * Speak a text_message. The message's lines may be virtual pointers
+ * representing language / voicefont IDs (see settings.h).
+ */
+extern void talk_text_message(struct text_message * message, bool enqueue);
+
 #ifdef HAVE_LCD_BITMAP
 /*
  * Compute the number of pixels from which text can be displayed
diff --git a/apps/gui/yesno.c b/apps/gui/yesno.c
index 4e86b017ca..891e73809b 100644
--- a/apps/gui/yesno.c
+++ b/apps/gui/yesno.c
@@ -101,25 +101,6 @@ static bool gui_yesno_draw_result(struct gui_yesno * yn, enum yesno_res result)
 
 #include "debug.h"
 
-/* Processes a text_message whose lines may be virtual pointers
-   representing language / voicefont IDs (see settings.h). Copies out
-   the IDs to the ids array, which is of length maxlen, and replaces
-   the pointers in the text_message with the actual language strings.
-   The ids array is terminated with the TALK_FINAL_ID sentinel
-   element. */
-static void extract_talk_ids(struct text_message *m, long *ids, int maxlen)
-{
-    int line, i=0;
-    if(m)
-        for(line=0; line<m->nb_lines; line++) {
-            long id = P2ID((unsigned char *)m->message_lines[line]);
-            if(id>=0 && i<maxlen-1)
-                ids[i++] = id;
-            m->message_lines[line] = (char *)P2STR((unsigned char *)m->message_lines[line]);
-        }
-    ids[i] = TALK_FINAL_ID;
-}
-
 enum yesno_res gui_syncyesno_run(struct text_message * main_message,
                                  struct text_message * yes_message,
                                  struct text_message * no_message)
@@ -129,13 +110,7 @@ enum yesno_res gui_syncyesno_run(struct text_message * main_message,
     int result=-1;
     bool result_displayed;
     struct gui_yesno yn[NB_SCREENS];
-    long voice_ids[5];
     long talked_tick = 0;
-    /* The text messages may contain virtual pointers to IDs (see
-       settings.h) instead of plain strings. Copy the IDs out so we
-       can speak them, and unwrap the actual language strings. */
-    extract_talk_ids(main_message, voice_ids,
-                     sizeof(voice_ids)/sizeof(voice_ids[0]));
     FOR_NB_SCREENS(i)
     {
         gui_yesno_init(&(yn[i]), main_message, yes_message, no_message);
@@ -149,7 +124,7 @@ enum yesno_res gui_syncyesno_run(struct text_message * main_message,
             && (talked_tick==0 || TIME_AFTER(current_tick, talked_tick+HZ*5)))
         {
             talked_tick = current_tick;
-            talk_idarray(voice_ids, false);
+            talk_text_message(main_message, false);
         }
         button = get_action(CONTEXT_YESNOSCREEN, HZ*5);
         switch (button)
@@ -168,16 +143,13 @@ enum yesno_res gui_syncyesno_run(struct text_message * main_message,
         }
     }
 
-    /* extract_talk_ids also converts ID to STR */
-    extract_talk_ids((result == YESNO_YES) ? yes_message : no_message,
-                     voice_ids, sizeof(voice_ids)/sizeof(voice_ids[0]));
-
     FOR_NB_SCREENS(i)
         result_displayed=gui_yesno_draw_result(&(yn[i]), result);
 
     if (global_settings.talk_menu)
     {
-        talk_idarray(voice_ids, false);
+        talk_text_message((result == YESNO_YES) ? yes_message 
+                          : no_message, false);
         talk_force_enqueue_next();
     }
     if(result_displayed)