diff --git a/src/audio/QGCAudioWorker.cpp b/src/audio/QGCAudioWorker.cpp
index 5b7f4eb6d15218e8d35f38139703eecd9a9044b1..e0d9ee86cc1b15793fca620acf52c49f4c317935 100644
--- a/src/audio/QGCAudioWorker.cpp
+++ b/src/audio/QGCAudioWorker.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QCoreApplication>
 #include <QFile>
+#include <QRegularExpression>
 
 #include "QGC.h"
 #include "QGCAudioWorker.h"
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ QGCAudioWorker::~QGCAudioWorker()
 #endif
 }
 
-void QGCAudioWorker::say(QString text, int severity)
+void QGCAudioWorker::say(QString inText, int severity)
 {
 	static bool threadInit = false;
 	if (!threadInit) {
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ void QGCAudioWorker::say(QString text, int severity)
 
     if (!muted)
     {
+        QString text = _fixMillisecondString(inText);
         // Prepend high priority text with alert beep
         if (severity < GAudioOutput::AUDIO_SEVERITY_CRITICAL) {
             beep();
@@ -139,7 +141,7 @@ void QGCAudioWorker::say(QString text, int severity)
 
 #else
         // Make sure there isn't an unused variable warning when speech output is disabled
-        Q_UNUSED(text);
+        Q_UNUSED(inText);
 #endif
     }
 }
@@ -170,3 +172,40 @@ bool QGCAudioWorker::isMuted()
 {
     return this->muted;
 }
+
+bool QGCAudioWorker::_getMillisecondString(const QString& string, QString& match, int& number) {
+    QRegularExpression re("([0-9]*ms)");
+    QRegularExpressionMatchIterator i = re.globalMatch(string);
+    while (i.hasNext()) {
+        QRegularExpressionMatch qmatch = i.next();
+        if (qmatch.hasMatch()) {
+            match = qmatch.captured(0);
+            number = qmatch.captured(0).replace("ms", "").toInt();
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+QString QGCAudioWorker::_fixMillisecondString(const QString& string) {
+    QString match;
+    QString newNumber;
+    QString result = string;
+    int number;
+    if(_getMillisecondString(string, match, number) && number > 1000) {
+        if(number < 60000) {
+            int seconds = number / 1000;
+            newNumber = QString("%1 second%2").arg(seconds).arg(seconds > 1 ? "s" : "");
+        } else {
+            int minutes = number / 60000;
+            int seconds = (number - (minutes * 60000)) / 1000;
+            if (!seconds) {
+                newNumber = QString("%1 minute%2").arg(minutes).arg(minutes > 1 ? "s" : "");
+            } else {
+                newNumber = QString("%1 minute%2 and %3 second%4").arg(minutes).arg(minutes > 1 ? "s" : "").arg(seconds).arg(seconds > 1 ? "s" : "");
+            }
+        }
+        result.replace(match, newNumber);
+    }
+    return result;
+}
diff --git a/src/audio/QGCAudioWorker.h b/src/audio/QGCAudioWorker.h
index 7e06023e54264968dd4d84c2133fc59baf0ab614..beafe429e7329040576ba11728787def41dcad60 100644
--- a/src/audio/QGCAudioWorker.h
+++ b/src/audio/QGCAudioWorker.h
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ protected:
     bool emergency;   ///< Emergency status flag
     QTimer *emergencyTimer;
     bool muted;
+private:
+    QString _fixMillisecondString(const QString& string);
+    bool _getMillisecondString(const QString& string, QString& match, int& number);
 };
 
 #endif // QGCAUDIOWORKER_H
diff --git a/src/qgcunittest/MockQGCUASParamManager.cc b/src/qgcunittest/MockQGCUASParamManager.cc
index c2cad7b3f18a92c626b62ed33362226a63cfc5aa..e8e574ecbd07063e07a40044e1b2070983059a6f 100644
--- a/src/qgcunittest/MockQGCUASParamManager.cc
+++ b/src/qgcunittest/MockQGCUASParamManager.cc
@@ -102,3 +102,14 @@ void MockQGCUASParamManager::_loadParams(void)
         _mapParams[paramName] = paramValue;
     }
 }
+
+QList<int> MockQGCUASParamManager::getComponentForParam(const QString& parameter) const
+{
+    if (_mapParams.contains(parameter)) {
+        QList<int> list;
+        list << 50;
+        return list;
+    } else {
+        return QList<int>();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/qgcunittest/MockQGCUASParamManager.h b/src/qgcunittest/MockQGCUASParamManager.h
index e5d5871005700569a277ef821bfba6e7f881c75c..257e5fbdb392f8de70afad2efb7bffe4e646a121 100644
--- a/src/qgcunittest/MockQGCUASParamManager.h
+++ b/src/qgcunittest/MockQGCUASParamManager.h
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public:
     
 public:
     // Unimplemented QGCUASParamManagerInterface overrides
-    virtual QList<int> getComponentForParam(const QString& parameter) const { Q_ASSERT(false); Q_UNUSED(parameter); return _bogusQListInt; }
+    virtual QList<int> getComponentForParam(const QString& parameter) const;
     virtual void setParamDescriptions(const QMap<QString,QString>& paramDescs) { Q_ASSERT(false); Q_UNUSED(paramDescs); }
     virtual int countPendingParams() { Q_ASSERT(false); return 0; }
     virtual UASParameterDataModel* dataModel() { Q_ASSERT(false); return NULL; }
diff --git a/src/ui/px4_configuration/PX4RCCalibration.cc b/src/ui/px4_configuration/PX4RCCalibration.cc
index 5503a1145259b18bfd14bd48faabccb122f83ad5..e4df03db45c8b2c0d15c256e20d00c05e47f28a4 100644
--- a/src/ui/px4_configuration/PX4RCCalibration.cc
+++ b/src/ui/px4_configuration/PX4RCCalibration.cc
@@ -924,6 +924,11 @@ void PX4RCCalibration::_writeCalibration(void)
         paramMgr->setPendingParam(0, _rgFunctionInfo[i].parameterName, paramChannel);
     }
     
+    // If the RC_CHAN_COUNT parameter is available write the channel count
+    if (paramMgr->getComponentForParam("RC_CHAN_CNT").count() != 0) {
+        paramMgr->setPendingParam(0, "RC_CHAN_CNT", _chanCount);
+    }
+
     //let the param mgr manage sending all the pending RC_foo updates and persisting after
     paramMgr->sendPendingParameters(true, true);