diff --git a/src/org/daisy/dotify/api/formatter/TextProperties.java b/src/org/daisy/dotify/api/formatter/TextProperties.java
index affe0b8..3946541 100644
--- a/src/org/daisy/dotify/api/formatter/TextProperties.java
+++ b/src/org/daisy/dotify/api/formatter/TextProperties.java
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ public class TextProperties {
 	private final String locale;
 	private final String translationMode;
 	private final boolean hyphenate;
-	
+	private final boolean markCapitalLetters;
+
 	/**
 	 * Provides a builder for creating text properties instances.
 	 * 
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ public static class Builder {
 		private final String locale;
 		private String translationMode = null;
 		private boolean hyphenate = true;
+		private boolean markCapitalLetters = true;
 
 		/**
 		 * Creates a new builder with the specified locale
@@ -46,7 +48,17 @@ public Builder hyphenate(boolean value) {
 			this.hyphenate = value;
 			return this;
 		}
-		
+
+		/**
+		 * Sets the markCapitalLetters value for this builder
+		 * @param value the value
+		 * @return returns this object
+		 */
+		public Builder markCapitalLetters(boolean value) {
+			this.markCapitalLetters = value;
+			return this;
+		}
+
 		/**
 		 * Sets the translation mode for the builder
 		 * @param mode the translation mode
@@ -70,6 +82,7 @@ private TextProperties(Builder builder) {
 		this.locale = builder.locale;
 		this.translationMode = builder.translationMode;
 		this.hyphenate = builder.hyphenate;
+		this.markCapitalLetters = builder.markCapitalLetters;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -96,11 +109,21 @@ public boolean isHyphenating() {
 		return hyphenate;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns true if the mark capital letters property is true, false otherwise
+	 * @return returns true if the mark capital letters property is true
+	 */
+	public boolean shouldMarkCapitalLetters() {
+		return markCapitalLetters;
+	}
+
+
 	@Override
 	public int hashCode() {
 		final int prime = 31;
 		int result = 1;
 		result = prime * result + (hyphenate ? 1231 : 1237);
+		result = prime * result + (markCapitalLetters ? 1241 : 1247);
 		result = prime * result + ((locale == null) ? 0 : locale.hashCode());
 		result = prime * result + ((translationMode == null) ? 0 : translationMode.hashCode());
 		return result;
@@ -121,6 +144,9 @@ public boolean equals(Object obj) {
 		if (hyphenate != other.hyphenate) {
 			return false;
 		}
+		if (markCapitalLetters != other.markCapitalLetters) {
+			return false;
+		}
 		if (locale == null) {
 			if (other.locale != null) {
 				return false;