From 380cd7f7921a07a71a60ca0868912461b2b760ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dave Horton <daveh@beachdognet.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2025 09:51:40 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] patch fix for #962

---
 lib/tasks/gather.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/tasks/gather.js b/lib/tasks/gather.js
index da90ddde..8010db29 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gather.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/gather.js
@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ class TaskGather extends SttTask {
         }
       }
       // If transcription received, reset timeout timer.
-      if (this._timeoutTimer) {
+      if (this._timeoutTimer && !emptyTranscript) {
         this._startTimer();
       }
       /* restart asr timer if we get a partial transcript (only if the asr timer is already running) */