diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/devices/taperecorder.dm b/code/game/objects/items/devices/taperecorder.dm
index 88701319cdb..0ae3fd17b9d 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/devices/taperecorder.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/devices/taperecorder.dm
@@ -88,8 +88,9 @@
 
 /obj/item/device/taperecorder/hear_talk(mob/M, list/message_pieces, verb)
 	var/msg = multilingual_to_message(message_pieces, requires_machine_understands = TRUE, with_capitalization = TRUE)
+	var/voice = M.GetVoice() //Defined on living, returns name for normal mobs/
 	if(mytape && recording)
-		mytape.record_speech("[M.name] [verb], \"[msg]\"")
+		mytape.record_speech("[voice] [verb], \"[msg]\"")
 
 
 /obj/item/device/taperecorder/see_emote(mob/M as mob, text, var/emote_type)
@@ -432,4 +433,4 @@
 
 //Random colour tapes
 /obj/item/device/tape/random/New()
-	icon_state = "tape_[pick("white", "blue", "red", "yellow", "purple")]"
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+	icon_state = "tape_[pick("white", "blue", "red", "yellow", "purple")]"