Merge pull request #2126 from MycroftAI/bugfix/no_split_at_initials

Remove additional space after initials

mycroft/audio/speech.py

@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ def handle_speak(event):
         # so we likely will want to get rid of this when not running on Mimic
         if (config.get('enclosure', {}).get('platform') != "picroft" and
                 len(re.findall('<[^>]*>', utterance)) == 0):
+            # Remove any whitespace present after the period,
+            # if a character (only alpha) ends with a period
+            # ex: A. Lincoln -> A.Lincoln
+            # so that we don't split at the period
+            utterance = re.sub(r'\b([A-za-z][\.])(\s+)', r'\g<1>', utterance)
             chunks = re.split(r'(?<!\w\.\w.)(?<![A-Z][a-z]\.)(?<=\.|\;|\?)\s',
                               utterance)
             for chunk in chunks: