Fork espeak so that the prompt appears immediately

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/spelling-rbee b/spelling-rbee
index 212192c..60cf6af 100755
--- a/spelling-rbee
+++ b/spelling-rbee
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ def get(prompt="spell: ")
 end
 
 def say(it,speed=100)
-  system "espeak -s #{speed} '#{it}'"
+  pid = spawn "espeak -s #{speed} '#{it}'"
+  Process.detach pid
 end
 
 def ckword(word,result)