diff --git a/lib/session/call-session.js b/lib/session/call-session.js
index f33efff1..13e285e2 100644
--- a/lib/session/call-session.js
+++ b/lib/session/call-session.js
@@ -202,7 +202,6 @@ class CallSession extends Emitter {
    */
   getSpeechCredentials(vendor, type) {
     const {writeAlerts, AlertType} = this.srf.locals;
-    this.logger.debug({vendor, type, speech: this.accountInfo.speech}, `searching for speech for vendor ${vendor}`);
     if (this.accountInfo.speech && this.accountInfo.speech.length > 0) {
       const credential = this.accountInfo.speech.find((s) => s.vendor === vendor);
       if (credential && (
diff --git a/lib/tasks/gather.js b/lib/tasks/gather.js
index 188a94bf..30f401d1 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gather.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/gather.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const makeTask = require('./make_task');
 const assert = require('assert');
 
 class TaskGather extends Task {
-  constructor(logger, opts) {
+  constructor(logger, opts, parentTask) {
     super(logger, opts);
     this.preconditions = TaskPreconditions.Endpoint;
 
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
 
     if (this.say) this.sayTask = makeTask(this.logger, {say: this.say}, this);
     if (this.play) this.playTask = makeTask(this.logger, {play: this.play}, this);
+
+    this.parentTask = parentTask;
   }
 
   get name() { return TaskName.Gather; }
@@ -154,7 +156,6 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
       });
       ep.addCustomEventListener(AwsTranscriptionEvents.Transcription, this._onTranscription.bind(this, cs, ep));
     }
-    this.logger.debug({vars: opts}, 'setting freeswitch vars');
     await ep.set(opts)
       .catch((err) => this.logger.info(err, 'Error setting channel variables'));
 
@@ -235,7 +236,11 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
       await this.performAction({digits: this.digitBuffer});
     }
     else if (reason.startsWith('speech')) {
-      await this.performAction({speech: evt});
+      if (this.parentTask) this.parentTask.emit('transcription', evt);
+      else await this.performAction({speech: evt});
+    }
+    else if (reason.startsWith('timeout') && this.parentTask) {
+      this.parentTask.emit('timeout', evt);
     }
     this.notifyTaskDone();
   }
diff --git a/lib/tasks/make_task.js b/lib/tasks/make_task.js
index 089fb389..0803d4fd 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/make_task.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/make_task.js
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ function makeTask(logger, obj, parent) {
     case TaskName.Message:
       const TaskMessage = require('./message');
       return new TaskMessage(logger, data, parent);
+    case TaskName.Rasa:
+      const TaskRasa = require('./rasa');
+      return new TaskRasa(logger, data, parent);
     case TaskName.Say:
       const TaskSay = require('./say');
       return new TaskSay(logger, data, parent);
diff --git a/lib/tasks/rasa.js b/lib/tasks/rasa.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aeb916c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/tasks/rasa.js
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+const Task = require('./task');
+const {TaskName, TaskPreconditions} = require('../utils/constants');
+const makeTask = require('./make_task');
+const bent = require('bent');
+
+class Rasa extends Task {
+  constructor(logger, opts) {
+    super(logger, opts);
+    this.preconditions = TaskPreconditions.Endpoint;
+
+    this.prompt = this.data.prompt;
+    this.eventHook = this.data?.eventHook;
+    this.actionHook = this.data?.actionHook;
+    this.post = bent('POST', 'json', 200);
+  }
+
+  get name() { return TaskName.Rasa; }
+
+  async exec(cs, ep) {
+    await super.exec(cs);
+
+    this.ep = ep;
+    try {
+      /* set event handlers */
+      this.on('transcription', this._onTranscription.bind(this, cs, ep));
+      this.on('timeout', this._onTimeout.bind(this, cs, ep));
+
+      /* start the first gather */
+      this.gatherTask = this._makeGatherTask(this.prompt);
+      this.gatherTask.exec(cs, ep, this)
+        .catch((err) => this.logger.info({err}, 'Rasa gather task returned error'));
+
+      await this.awaitTaskDone();
+    } catch (err) {
+      this.logger.error({err}, 'Rasa error');
+      throw err;
+    }
+  }
+
+  async kill(cs) {
+    super.kill(cs);
+    if (this.ep.connected) {
+      this.logger.debug('Rasa:kill');
+
+      this.performAction({rasaResult: 'caller hungup'})
+        .catch((err) => this.logger.error({err}, 'rasa - error w/ action webook'));
+
+      await this.ep.api('uuid_break', this.ep.uuid).catch((err) => this.logger.info(err, 'Error killing audio'));
+    }
+    this.removeAllListeners();
+    this.notifyTaskDone();
+  }
+
+  _makeGatherTask(prompt) {
+    let opts = {
+      input: ['speech'],
+      timeout: this.data.timeout || 10,
+      recognizer: this.data.recognizer || {
+        vendor: 'default',
+        language: 'default'
+      }
+    };
+    if (prompt) {
+      const sayOpts = this.data.tts ?
+        {text: prompt, synthesizer: this.data.tts} :
+        {text: prompt};
+
+      opts = {
+        ...opts,
+        say: sayOpts
+      };
+    }
+    this.logger.debug({opts}, 'constructing a nested gather object');
+    const gather = makeTask(this.logger, {gather: opts}, this);
+    return gather;
+  }
+
+  async _onTranscription(cs, ep, evt) {
+    this.logger.debug({evt}, `Rasa: got transcription for callSid ${cs.callSid}`);
+    const utterance = evt.alternatives[0].transcript;
+    try {
+      const payload = {
+        sender: cs.callSid,
+        message: utterance
+      };
+      this.logger.debug({payload}, 'Rasa:_onTranscription - sending payload to Rasa');
+      const response = await this.post(this.data.url, payload);
+      this.logger.debug({response}, 'Rasa:_onTranscription - got response from Rasa');
+      const botUtterance = Array.isArray(response) ?
+        response.reduce((prev, current) => `${prev} ${current.text}`, '') :
+        null;
+      if (botUtterance) {
+        this.logger.debug({botUtterance}, 'playing out bot utterance');
+        this.gatherTask = this._makeGatherTask(botUtterance);
+        this.gatherTask.exec(cs, ep, this)
+          .catch((err) => this.logger.info({err}, 'Rasa gather task returned error'));
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      this.logger.error({err}, 'Error sending');
+    }
+  }
+  _onTimeout(cs, ep, evt) {
+    this.logger.debug({evt}, 'Rasa: got timeout');
+  }
+
+
+}
+
+module.exports = Rasa;
diff --git a/lib/tasks/specs.json b/lib/tasks/specs.json
index 1de348fe..eb164735 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/specs.json
+++ b/lib/tasks/specs.json
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@
       "say": "#say"
     },
     "required": [
-      "actionHook"
     ]
   },
   "conference": {
@@ -228,6 +227,19 @@
       "length"
     ]
   },
+  "rasa": {
+    "properties": {
+      "url": "string",
+      "recognizer": "#recognizer",
+      "tts": "#synthesizer",
+      "prompt": "string",
+      "actionHook": "object|string",
+      "eventHook": "object|string"
+    },
+    "required": [
+      "url"
+    ]
+  },
   "redirect": {
     "properties": {
       "actionHook": "object|string"
diff --git a/lib/utils/constants.json b/lib/utils/constants.json
index 4961d9ea..652a5d13 100644
--- a/lib/utils/constants.json
+++ b/lib/utils/constants.json
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     "Message": "message",
     "Pause": "pause",
     "Play": "play",
+    "Rasa": "rasa",
     "Redirect": "redirect",
     "RestDial": "rest:dial",
     "SipDecline": "sip:decline",