def METHOD_NAME(self, text, priority='important'):
    '''speak some text'''
    ''' http://cvs.freebsoft.org/doc/speechd/ssip.html see 4.3.1 for priorities'''
    import speechd
    self.speech = speechd.SSIPClient('MAVProxy%u' % os.getpid())
    self.speech.set_output_module('festival')
    self.speech.set_language('en')
    self.speech.set_priority(priority)
    self.speech.set_punctuation(speechd.PunctuationMode.SOME)
    self.speech.speak(text)
    self.speech.close()