void speechStart() { Thread thread = new Thread(() => { _vocalizer = _speechKit.createVocalizerWithLanguage(_oemconfig.defaultLanguage(), this, _handler); _vocalizer.setLanguage(_oemconfig.defaultLanguage()); _vocalizer.setVoice(_ttsVoice); _vocalizer.speakString(_ttsText, null); showPopup("Processing TTS"); }); thread.Start(); }