diff --git a/autogpt/speech/brian.py b/autogpt/speech/brian.py
index e581bbcc..b9298f55 100644
--- a/autogpt/speech/brian.py
+++ b/autogpt/speech/brian.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class BrianSpeech(VoiceBase):
         """Setup the voices, API key, etc."""
         pass
 
-    def _speech(self, text: str) -> bool:
+    def _speech(self, text: str, _: int = 0) -> bool:
         """Speak text using Brian with the streamelements API
 
         Args: