diff --git a/Content.Server/Chat/Systems/ChatSystem.cs b/Content.Server/Chat/Systems/ChatSystem.cs
index c974422fc0..2d03f5c894 100644
--- a/Content.Server/Chat/Systems/ChatSystem.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/Chat/Systems/ChatSystem.cs
@@ -249,10 +249,6 @@ public sealed partial class ChatSystem : SharedChatSystem
 
         var (message, channel) = GetRadioPrefix(source, originalMessage);
 
-        message = TransformSpeech(source, message);
-        if (message.Length == 0)
-            return;
-
         if (channel != null)
         {
             _listener.PingListeners(source, message, channel);
@@ -260,6 +256,10 @@ public sealed partial class ChatSystem : SharedChatSystem
             return;
         }
 
+        message = TransformSpeech(source, message);
+        if (message.Length == 0)
+            return;
+
         var messageWrap = Loc.GetString("chat-manager-entity-say-wrap-message",
             ("entityName", Name(source)));
 
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ public sealed partial class ChatSystem : SharedChatSystem
         return newMessage;
     }
 
-    private string TransformSpeech(EntityUid sender, string message)
+    public string TransformSpeech(EntityUid sender, string message)
     {
         var ev = new TransformSpeechEvent(sender, message);
         RaiseLocalEvent(ev);
diff --git a/Content.Server/Headset/HeadsetComponent.cs b/Content.Server/Headset/HeadsetComponent.cs
index a9a2927805..b7c60fc351 100644
--- a/Content.Server/Headset/HeadsetComponent.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/Headset/HeadsetComponent.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using Content.Server.Chat.Systems;
 using Content.Server.Radio.Components;
 using Content.Server.Radio.EntitySystems;
 using Content.Shared.Chat;
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ namespace Content.Server.Headset
         [Dependency] private readonly IEntityManager _entMan = default!;
         [Dependency] private readonly IServerNetManager _netManager = default!;
 
+        private ChatSystem _chatSystem = default!;
         private RadioSystem _radioSystem = default!;
 
         [DataField("channels", customTypeSerializer:typeof(PrototypeIdHashSetSerializer<RadioChannelPrototype>))]
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ namespace Content.Server.Headset
         {
             base.Initialize();
 
+            _chatSystem = EntitySystem.Get<ChatSystem>();
             _radioSystem = EntitySystem.Get<RadioSystem>();
         }
 
@@ -55,6 +58,10 @@ namespace Content.Server.Headset
 
             var playerChannel = actor.PlayerSession.ConnectedClient;
 
+            message = _chatSystem.TransformSpeech(source, message);
+            if (message.Length == 0)
+                return;
+
             var msg = new MsgChatMessage
             {
                 Channel = ChatChannel.Radio,