diff --git a/speech_to_text.py b/speech_to_text.py
index d666c9a..3ab770a 100644
--- a/speech_to_text.py
+++ b/speech_to_text.py
@@ -208,6 +208,8 @@ class SpeechToText:
             # Initialize pygame mixer if not already done
             if not pygame.get_init():
                 pygame.mixer.init(frequency=self.rate, channels=self.channels)
+
+            print("speaking text: ", text)
             
             print("Converting text to speech...")
             # Create a temporary file to store the TTS audio