diff --git a/src/Sound/voice.cxx b/src/Sound/voice.cxx
index 6489d24..9dca4c1 100644
--- a/src/Sound/voice.cxx
+++ b/src/Sound/voice.cxx
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ void FGVoiceMgr::init()
 
 	SGPropertyNode *base = fgGetNode(VOICE, true);
 	vector<SGPropertyNode_ptr> voices = base->getChildren("voice");
+
+
   for (unsigned int i = 0; i < voices.size(); i++) {
     SGPropertyNode_ptr voice = voices[i];
     if( voice->getBoolValue("festival", false ) ) {
@@ -207,6 +209,9 @@ bool FGVoiceMgr::FGVoice::speak(void)
   if (_msg.empty())
     return false;
 
+  SG_LOG(SG_SOUND, SG_INFO, "FGVoice::speak " << _msg  );
+	
+
   const string s = _msg.front();
   _msg.pop();