diff --git a/src/fenrir/speechDriver/emacspeakDriver.py b/src/fenrir/speechDriver/emacspeakDriver.py
index 488da091..d9d91818 100644
--- a/src/fenrir/speechDriver/emacspeakDriver.py
+++ b/src/fenrir/speechDriver/emacspeakDriver.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
 import pexpect
 import ptyprocess
+import shlex
 import sys
 import time
 from core import debug
@@ -19,8 +20,8 @@ class driver(speechDriver):
     def initialize(self, environment):
         self.env = environment        
         try:
-            self.server = ptyprocess.PtyProcessUnicode.spawn(['/usr/bin/tclsh', self.env['runtime']['settingsManager'].getSetting('speech', 'serverPath')])
-            #self.server = pexpect.spawnu('tclsh ' + self.env['runtime']['settingsManager'].getSetting('speech', 'serverPath'))
+            #self.server = ptyprocess.PtyProcessUnicode.spawn(['/usr/bin/tclsh', self.env['runtime']['settingsManager'].getSetting('speech', 'serverPath')])
+            self.server = pexpect.spawn('tclsh ' + self.env['runtime']['settingsManager'].getSetting('speech', 'serverPath'))
             self._isInitialized = True            
         except Exception as e:
             self.env['runtime']['debug'].writeDebugOut('speechDriver:initialize:' + str(e),debug.debugLevel.ERROR)     
@@ -39,16 +40,16 @@ class driver(speechDriver):
         if not queueable: 
             self.cancel()
         try:
-            cleanText = text.replace('}', '\}')
-            cleanText = cleanText.replace('{', '\{')  
-            cleanText = cleanText.replace('*', '\*')                                  
-            cleanText = cleanText.replace('"', '\"')                    
-            cleanText = cleanText.replace('\n', ' ')            
-            cleanText = cleanText.replace('[', '\[')
-            print(text.replace('"', '\\\"'))      
-            self.server.write('tts_say ' + '"' + cleanText +'"\n')
-            print(self.server.read(1000))
-            #self.server.sendline('tts_say ' + '"' + cleanText +'"') 
+            cleanText = shlex.split('tts_say "'+text.replace(',','')+'"')            
+            for idx, word in enumerate(cleanText):
+                cleanText[idx] = word
+            cleanText = ' '.join(cleanText)
+            #print(cleanText[0])            
+            #self.server.write('tts_say ' + '"' + cleanText[0] +'"\n')
+            #print(self.server.read(1000))
+            #self.server.sendline('tts_say ' + '"' + cleanText + '"') 
+            self.server.sendline(cleanText) 
+            print(cleanText)
         except Exception as e:
             self.env['runtime']['debug'].writeDebugOut('speechDriver:speak:self.server.sendline():' + str(e),debug.debugLevel.ERROR)            
     
@@ -56,10 +57,10 @@ class driver(speechDriver):
         if not self._isInitialized:
             return
         try:
-            self.server.write('s\n')      
-            print('drin')
-            print(self.server.read(1000))                  
-            #self.server.sendline('s')
+            pass
+            #self.server.write('s\n')      
+            #print(self.server.read(1000))                  
+            #self.server.sendline('stop')
         except Exception as e:
             print(e)
             self.env['runtime']['debug'].writeDebugOut('speechDriver:cancel:self.server.sendline():' + str(e),debug.debugLevel.ERROR)   
@@ -68,7 +69,8 @@ class driver(speechDriver):
         if not self._isInitialized:
             return
         try:
-            self.server.write('tts_set_speech_rate ' + str(int(rate * 400)) + '\n')            
+            pass        
+            #self.server.write('tts_set_speech_rate ' + str(int(rate * 400)) + '\n')            
             #self.server.sendline('tts_set_speech_rate ' + str(int(rate * 400)) + '')
         except Exception as e:
             self.env['runtime']['debug'].writeDebugOut('speechDriver:setRate:self.server.sendline():' + str(e),debug.debugLevel.ERROR)  
@@ -76,5 +78,5 @@ class driver(speechDriver):
     def setLanguage(self, language):
         if not self._isInitialized:
             return
-        self.server.write('set_lang ' + language + '\n')
+        #self.server.write('set_lang ' + language + '\n')
         #self.server.sendline('set_lang ' + language + '')