Don’t think so after skimming through the wptexturize()
code, but what about using the run_wptexturize
filter (untested):
// Turn off wptexturize
add_filter( 'run_wptexturize', '__return_false' );
// Your text handling here ...
$text = apply_filters( 'the_content', $text );
// Remove filter
remove_filter( 'run_wptexturize', '__return_false' );
i.e. just turn off the wptexturize
only for your text handling?