From 851c071345c7eb1cc0685f79828975c6041f133a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dave Horton <daveh@beachdognet.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2024 07:12:08 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix for #962 (#963)

---
 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 087aff56..ed8b8e27 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gather.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/gather.js
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ 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) */