diff --git a/src/speak_lib.h b/src/speak_lib.h
index a5b2604c..fd38ceba 100644
--- a/src/speak_lib.h
+++ b/src/speak_lib.h
@@ -484,14 +484,10 @@ ESPEAK_API void espeak_SetPhonemeTrace(int value, FILE *stream);
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C"
 #endif
-ESPEAK_API void espeak_TextToPhonemes(const void *text, char *buffer, int size, int textmode, int phonememode);
+ESPEAK_API const char *espeak_TextToPhonemes(const void **textptr, int textmode, int phonememode);
 /* Translates text into phonemes.  Call espeak_SetVoiceByName() first, to select a language.
    text: The text to translate, terminated by a zero character.
 
-   buffer: Output buffer for the phoneme translation.
-
-   size: Size of the output buffer in bytes.
-
    textmode: Type of character codes, one of:
          espeakCHARS_UTF8     UTF8 encoding
          espeakCHARS_8BIT     The 8 bit ISO-8859 character set for the particular language.