diff --git a/lib/tasks/gather.js b/lib/tasks/gather.js
index 89f73624..186ed5ac 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gather.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/gather.js
@@ -1032,7 +1032,8 @@ class TaskGather extends SttTask {
         this._startAsrTimer();
 
         /* some STT engines will keep listening after a final response, so no need to restart */
-        if (!['soniox', 'aws', 'microsoft', 'deepgram', 'speechmatics'].includes(this.vendor) &&
+        if (!['soniox', 'aws', 'microsoft', 'deepgram', 'speechmatics', 'houndify', 'google', 'openai']
+          .includes(this.vendor) &&
           !this.vendor.startsWith('custom')) {
           this._startTranscribing(ep);
         }
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index f0f897db..38e4bd02 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -8133,21 +8133,6 @@
         "node": ">= 6.0.0"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/microsoft-cognitiveservices-speech-sdk/node_modules/utf-8-validate": {
-      "version": "5.0.10",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/utf-8-validate/-/utf-8-validate-5.0.10.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-Z6czzLq4u8fPOyx7TU6X3dvUZVvoJmxSQ+IcrlmagKhilxlhZgxPK6C5Jqbkw1IDUmFTM+cz9QDnnLTwDz/2gQ==",
-      "hasInstallScript": true,
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "optional": true,
-      "peer": true,
-      "dependencies": {
-        "node-gyp-build": "^4.3.0"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=6.14.2"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/microsoft-cognitiveservices-speech-sdk/node_modules/uuid": {
       "version": "9.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/uuid/-/uuid-9.0.1.tgz",