diff --git a/rttk/tlparser.py b/rttk/tlparser.py
index 15c8194..a7d9d84 100644
--- a/rttk/tlparser.py
+++ b/rttk/tlparser.py
@@ -91,6 +91,16 @@ def extract_dialog_string(dialog_line):
         return res[1]
     return res[0]  # (what)
 
+def extract_dialog_pers(line):
+    pos = 4
+    res = []
+    while pos < len(line):
+        if line[pos] == "\"":
+            res.append({'pers': line[4:pos-1]})
+            return res[0]
+        pos += 1
+    return {'pers': None}
+
 def extract_base_string(dialog_line):
     res = extract_dqstrings(dialog_line)
     if len(res) == 0:
@@ -99,7 +109,7 @@ def extract_base_string(dialog_line):
 
 def parse_next_block(lines):
     ret = []
-    block_string = {'id':None, 'source':None, 'text':None, 'translation':None}
+    block_string = {'id':None, 'source':None, 'pers':None, 'text':None, 'translation':None}
     while len(lines) > 0:
         line = lines.pop()
         if is_empty(line):
@@ -122,7 +132,7 @@ def parse_next_block(lines):
                         break
             elif block_string['id'] == 'strings':
                 # basic strings block
-                string = {'id':None, 'source':None, 'text':None, 'translation':None}
+                string = {'id':None, 'source':None, 'pers':None, 'text':None, 'translation':None}
                 while len(lines) > 0:
                     line = lines.pop()
                     if is_empty(line):
@@ -138,7 +148,7 @@ def parse_next_block(lines):
                     elif line.lstrip().startswith('new '):
                         string['translation'] = extract_base_string(line)['text']
                         ret.append(string)
-                        string = {'id':None, 'source':None, 'text':None, 'translation':None}
+                        string = {'id':None, 'source':None, 'pers':None,'text':None, 'translation':None}
                     else:
                         pass
                 break
@@ -156,6 +166,8 @@ def parse_next_block(lines):
                         # untranslated original
                         continue
                     else:
+                        p = extract_dialog_pers(line)
+                        block_string['pers'] = p['pers']
                         # dialog body
                         s = extract_dialog_string(line)
                         if s is None:
diff --git a/tl2pot.py b/tl2pot.py
index e9f32d4..5cb74e0 100755
--- a/tl2pot.py
+++ b/tl2pot.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def tl2pot(projectpath, outfile='game.pot'):
     # sort primarily by string location (not by .rpy filename) because
     # Ren'Py inserts engine strings in game/tl/xxx/common.rpy
     strings.sort(key=lambda s: (s['source'].split(':')[0], int(s['source'].split(':')[1])))
-    
+
     occurrences = {}
     for s in strings:
         occurrences[s['text']] = occurrences.get(s['text'], 0) + 1
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ msgstr ""
 
 """)
     for s in strings:
+        if s['pers'] != None and s['pers'] != '':
+            out.write(u'# Speaker: ' + s['pers'] + u'\n')
         out.write(u'#: ' + s['source'] + u'\n')
         if occurrences[s['text']] > 1:
             out.write(u'msgctxt "' + (s['id'] or s['source']) + u'"\n')