// of greater priority, send off to the TTS engine.
// Otherwise, we ignore te request.
if (!block && (!speech.isSpeaking() ||
request.getPriority().compareTo(lastRequest.getPriority()) <= 0)) {
SpeechProcessor proc = request.getProcessor();
String textToSpeak = request.getText();
if (proc != null)
textToSpeak = proc.process();
if (textToSpeak != null && !textToSpeak.trim().isEmpty() && speechEnabled)
speech.speak(textToSpeak, request.getPriority(), request.getType());
// We don't want to log CHARACTER requests.