diff --git a/Subsurface/Content/UI/uiIcons.png b/Subsurface/Content/UI/uiIcons.png
index f3e87c5c7..29c4753d6 100644
Binary files a/Subsurface/Content/UI/uiIcons.png and b/Subsurface/Content/UI/uiIcons.png differ
diff --git a/Subsurface/Source/Characters/Character.cs b/Subsurface/Source/Characters/Character.cs
index c7ece6fc3..1b60e6bf6 100644
--- a/Subsurface/Source/Characters/Character.cs
+++ b/Subsurface/Source/Characters/Character.cs
@@ -113,8 +113,7 @@ namespace Barotrauma
         {
             get;
             private set;
-        }
-        
+        }        
 
         private CharacterInfo info;
 
@@ -157,6 +156,8 @@ namespace Barotrauma
             get { return inventory; }
         }
 
+        public float SpeechBubbleTimer;
+
         private float lockHandsTimer;
         public bool LockHands
         {
@@ -955,6 +956,8 @@ namespace Barotrauma
         {
             if (!Enabled) return;
 
+            SpeechBubbleTimer = Math.Max(0.0f, SpeechBubbleTimer - deltaTime);
+
             obstructVisionAmount = Math.Max(obstructVisionAmount - deltaTime, 0.0f);
             
             if (inventory!=null)
@@ -1133,8 +1136,10 @@ namespace Barotrauma
             
             GUI.DrawProgressBar(spriteBatch, healthBarPos, new Vector2(100.0f, 15.0f), health / maxHealth, Color.Lerp(Color.Red, Color.Green, health / maxHealth) * 0.8f);
 
-            //GUI.DrawRectangle(spriteBatch, new Rectangle((int)healthBarPos.X - 2, (int)healthBarPos.Y - 2, 100 + 4, 15 + 4), Color.Black, false);
-            //GUI.DrawRectangle(spriteBatch, new Rectangle((int)healthBarPos.X, (int)healthBarPos.Y, (int)(100.0f * (health / maxHealth)), 15), Color.Red, true);
+            if (SpeechBubbleTimer > 0.0f)
+            {
+                GUI.SpeechBubbleIcon.Draw(spriteBatch, pos - Vector2.UnitY * 100.0f, Color.White * Math.Min(SpeechBubbleTimer, 1.0f));
+            }
         }
 
         public void PlaySound(AIController.AiState state)
diff --git a/Subsurface/Source/GUI/GUI.cs b/Subsurface/Source/GUI/GUI.cs
index 19bb08050..4c63d2726 100644
--- a/Subsurface/Source/GUI/GUI.cs
+++ b/Subsurface/Source/GUI/GUI.cs
@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ namespace Barotrauma
             get { return submarineIcon; }
         }
 
+        public static Sprite SpeechBubbleIcon
+        {
+            get;
+            private set;
+        }
+
         public static Sprite Arrow
         {
             get { return arrow; }
@@ -94,6 +100,9 @@ namespace Barotrauma
             arrow = new Sprite("Content/UI/uiIcons.png", new Rectangle(80, 240, 16, 16), null);
             arrow.Origin = arrow.size / 2;
 
+            SpeechBubbleIcon = new Sprite("Content/UI/uiIcons.png", new Rectangle(0, 129, 65, 61), null);
+            SpeechBubbleIcon.Origin = SpeechBubbleIcon.size / 2;
+
             Style = new GUIStyle("Content/UI/style.xml");
         }
 
diff --git a/Subsurface/Source/Networking/GameClient.cs b/Subsurface/Source/Networking/GameClient.cs
index 48636fcae..90754373e 100644
--- a/Subsurface/Source/Networking/GameClient.cs
+++ b/Subsurface/Source/Networking/GameClient.cs
@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@ namespace Barotrauma.Networking
             {
                 string command = ChatMessage.GetChatMessageCommand(message, out message).ToLower();
                 
-                if (CanUseRadio(Character.Controlled)) type = ChatMessageType.Radio;              
+                if (command=="r" || command=="radio" && CanUseRadio(Character.Controlled)) type = ChatMessageType.Radio;              
             }
             
             var chatMessage = ChatMessage.Create(
diff --git a/Subsurface/Source/Networking/NetworkMember.cs b/Subsurface/Source/Networking/NetworkMember.cs
index 307f70a56..523a7c107 100644
--- a/Subsurface/Source/Networking/NetworkMember.cs
+++ b/Subsurface/Source/Networking/NetworkMember.cs
@@ -243,10 +243,15 @@ namespace Barotrauma.Networking
 
             string displayedText = message.Text;
 
-            if (message.Type == ChatMessageType.Default && myCharacter != null && message.Sender != null)
+            if (message.Sender != null)
             {
-                displayedText = message.ApplyDistanceEffect(myCharacter);
-                if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(displayedText)) return;
+                if (message.Type == ChatMessageType.Default && myCharacter != null)
+                {
+                    displayedText = message.ApplyDistanceEffect(myCharacter);
+                    if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(displayedText)) return;
+                }
+
+                message.Sender.SpeechBubbleTimer = Math.Max(message.Sender.SpeechBubbleTimer, 2.0f);
             }
 
             GameMain.NetLobbyScreen.NewChatMessage(message);