Issues 64 - Removing undesirable thread from speak function

mycroft/client/speech/listener.py

@@ -174,22 +174,12 @@ class AudioConsumer(threading.Thread):
         self.state.skip_wakeword = False
 
     def __speak(self, utterance):
-        """
-        Speak commands should be asynchronous to avoid filling up the portaudio
-        buffer.
-        :param utterance:
-        :return:
-        """
-
-        def target():
         payload = {
             'utterance': utterance,
             'session': SessionManager.get().session_id
         }
         self.emitter.emit("speak", Message("speak", metadata=payload))
 
-        threading.Thread(target=target).start()
-
     def _create_remote_stt_runnable(self, audio, utterances):
         def runnable():
             try: