diff --git a/lib/tasks/transcribe.js b/lib/tasks/transcribe.js
index a5f9d0a6..1f617617 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/transcribe.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/transcribe.js
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class TaskTranscribe extends SttTask {
       this.isContinuousAsr = true;
     }
     /* buffer speech for continuous asr */
-    this._bufferedTranscripts = [];
+    this._bufferedTranscripts = [ [], [] ];  // for channel 1 and 2
     this.bugname_prefix = 'transcribe_';
     this.paused = false;
   }
@@ -304,6 +304,7 @@ class TaskTranscribe extends SttTask {
     // make sure this is not a transcript from answering machine detection
     const bugname = fsEvent.getHeader('media-bugname');
     const finished = fsEvent.getHeader('transcription-session-finished');
+    let bufferedTranscripts = this._bufferedTranscripts[channel - 1];
     if (bugname && this.bugname !== bugname) return;
     if (this.paused) {
       this.logger.debug({evt}, 'TaskTranscribe:_onTranscription - paused, ignoring transcript');
@@ -313,14 +314,14 @@ class TaskTranscribe extends SttTask {
 
     if (this.vendor === 'deepgram' && evt.type === 'UtteranceEnd') {
       /* we will only get this when we have set utterance_end_ms */
-      if (this._bufferedTranscripts.length === 0) {
+      if (bufferedTranscripts.length === 0) {
         this.logger.debug('Gather:_onTranscription - got UtteranceEnd event from deepgram but no buffered transcripts');
       }
       else {
         this.logger.debug('Gather:_onTranscription - got UtteranceEnd event from deepgram, return buffered transcript');
-        evt = this.consolidateTranscripts(this._bufferedTranscripts, 1, this.language, this.vendor);
+        evt = this.consolidateTranscripts(bufferedTranscripts, channel, this.language, this.vendor);
         evt.is_final = true;
-        this._bufferedTranscripts = [];
+        bufferedTranscripts = [];
         this._resolve(channel, evt);
       }
       return;
@@ -341,7 +342,7 @@ class TaskTranscribe extends SttTask {
         emptyTranscript = true;
         if (finished === 'true' &&
           ['microsoft', 'deepgram'].includes(this.vendor) &&
-          this._bufferedTranscripts.length === 0) {
+          bufferedTranscripts.length === 0) {
           this.logger.debug({evt}, 'TaskGather:_onTranscription - got empty transcript from old gather, disregarding');
           return;
         }
@@ -354,7 +355,7 @@ class TaskTranscribe extends SttTask {
             'TaskGather:_onTranscription - got empty deepgram transcript during continous asr, continue listening');
           return;
         }
-        else if (this.vendor === 'deepgram' && this._bufferedTranscripts.length > 0) {
+        else if (this.vendor === 'deepgram' && bufferedTranscripts.length > 0) {
           this.logger.info({evt},
             'TaskGather:_onTranscription - got empty transcript from deepgram, return the buffered transcripts');
         }
@@ -370,7 +371,7 @@ class TaskTranscribe extends SttTask {
           }
         }
         this.logger.info({evt}, 'TaskGather:_onTranscription - got transcript during continous asr');
-        this._bufferedTranscripts.push(evt);
+        bufferedTranscripts.push(evt);
         this._startAsrTimer(channel);
 
         /* some STT engines will keep listening after a final response, so no need to restart */
@@ -386,12 +387,12 @@ class TaskTranscribe extends SttTask {
         }
         else if (this.vendor === 'deepgram') {
           /* compile transcripts into one */
-          if (!emptyTranscript) this._bufferedTranscripts.push(evt);
+          if (!emptyTranscript) bufferedTranscripts.push(evt);
 
           /* deepgram can send an empty and final transcript; only if we have any buffered should we resolve */
-          if (this._bufferedTranscripts.length === 0) return;
-          evt = this.consolidateTranscripts(this._bufferedTranscripts, channel, this.language);
-          this._bufferedTranscripts = [];
+          if (bufferedTranscripts.length === 0) return;
+          evt = this.consolidateTranscripts(bufferedTranscripts, channel, this.language);
+          bufferedTranscripts = [];
         }
 
         /* here is where we return a final transcript */
@@ -410,7 +411,7 @@ class TaskTranscribe extends SttTask {
         const originalEvent = evt.vendor.evt;
         if (originalEvent.is_final && evt.alternatives[0].transcript !== '') {
           this.logger.debug({evt}, 'Gather:_onTranscription - buffering a completed (partial) deepgram transcript');
-          this._bufferedTranscripts.push(evt);
+          bufferedTranscripts.push(evt);
         }
       }
 
@@ -570,8 +571,9 @@ class TaskTranscribe extends SttTask {
     this._clearAsrTimer(channel);
     this._asrTimer = setTimeout(() => {
       this.logger.debug(`TaskTranscribe:_startAsrTimer - asr timer went off for channel: ${channel}`);
-      const evt = this.consolidateTranscripts(this._bufferedTranscripts, channel, this.language, this.vendor);
-      this._bufferedTranscripts = [];
+      const evt = this.consolidateTranscripts(
+        this._bufferedTranscripts[channel - 1], channel, this.language, this.vendor);
+      this._bufferedTranscripts[channel - 1] = [];
       this._resolve(channel, evt);
     }, this.asrTimeout);
     this.logger.debug(`TaskTranscribe:_startAsrTimer: set for ${this.asrTimeout}ms for channel ${channel}`);