diff --git a/lib/tasks/transcribe.js b/lib/tasks/transcribe.js
index 85ed6733..8001c569 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/transcribe.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/transcribe.js
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ class TaskTranscribe extends SttTask {
           this._onVendorConnectFailure.bind(this, cs, ep, channel));
 
         /* if app sets deepgramOptions.utteranceEndMs they essentially want continuous asr */
-        if (opts.DEEPGRAM_SPEECH_UTTERANCE_END_MS) this.isContinuousAsr = true;
+        //if (opts.DEEPGRAM_SPEECH_UTTERANCE_END_MS) this.isContinuousAsr = true;
 
         break;
       case 'soniox':
@@ -339,6 +339,12 @@ class TaskTranscribe extends SttTask {
 
     if (this.vendor === 'deepgram' && evt.type === 'UtteranceEnd') {
       /* we will only get this when we have set utterance_end_ms */
+
+      /* DH: send a speech event when we get UtteranceEnd if they want interim events */
+      if (this.interim) {
+        this.logger.debug('Gather:_onTranscription - got UtteranceEnd event from deepgram, sending speech event');
+        this._resolve(channel, evt);
+      }
       if (bufferedTranscripts.length === 0) {
         this.logger.debug('Gather:_onTranscription - got UtteranceEnd event from deepgram but no buffered transcripts');
       }
@@ -448,26 +454,31 @@ class TaskTranscribe extends SttTask {
   }
 
   async _resolve(channel, evt) {
-    /* we've got a transcript, so end the otel child span for this channel */
-    if (this.childSpan[channel - 1] && this.childSpan[channel - 1].span) {
-      this.childSpan[channel - 1].span.setAttributes({
-        channel,
-        'stt.resolve': 'transcript',
-        'stt.result': JSON.stringify(evt)
-      });
-      this.childSpan[channel - 1].span.end();
+    if (evt.is_final) {
+      /* we've got a final transcript, so end the otel child span for this channel */
+      if (this.childSpan[channel - 1] && this.childSpan[channel - 1].span) {
+        this.childSpan[channel - 1].span.setAttributes({
+          channel,
+          'stt.resolve': 'transcript',
+          'stt.result': JSON.stringify(evt)
+        });
+        this.childSpan[channel - 1].span.end();
+      }
     }
 
     if (this.transcriptionHook) {
       const b3 = this.getTracingPropagation();
       const httpHeaders = b3 && {b3};
+      const payload = {
+        ...this.cs.callInfo,
+        ...httpHeaders,
+        ...(evt.alternatives && {speech: evt}),
+        ...(evt.type && {speechEvent: evt})
+      };
       try {
-        const json = await this.cs.requestor.request('verb:hook', this.transcriptionHook, {
-          ...this.cs.callInfo,
-          ...httpHeaders,
-          speech: evt
-        });
-        this.logger.info({json}, 'sent transcriptionHook');
+        this.logger.debug({payload}, 'sending transcriptionHook');
+        const json = await this.cs.requestor.request('verb:hook', this.transcriptionHook, payload);
+        this.logger.info({json}, 'completed transcriptionHook');
         if (json && Array.isArray(json) && !this.parentTask) {
           const makeTask = require('./make_task');
           const tasks = normalizeJambones(this.logger, json).map((tdata) => makeTask(this.logger, tdata));
@@ -488,7 +499,7 @@ class TaskTranscribe extends SttTask {
       this._clearTimer();
       this.notifyTaskDone();
     }
-    else {
+    else if (evt.is_final) {
       /* start another child span for this channel */
       const {span, ctx} = this.startChildSpan(`${STT_LISTEN_SPAN_NAME}:${channel}`);
       this.childSpan[channel - 1] = {span, ctx};