diff --git a/lib/tasks/gather.js b/lib/tasks/gather.js
index 30eef07f..8a381b73 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gather.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/gather.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
       'speechTimeout', 'timeout', 'say', 'play'
     ].forEach((k) => this[k] = this.data[k]);
 
-    this.timeout = (this.timeout || 5) * 1000;
+    this.timeout = (this.timeout || 15) * 1000;
     this.interim = this.partialResultCallback;
     if (this.data.recognizer) {
       const recognizer = this.data.recognizer;
@@ -266,19 +266,30 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
   _onTranscription(cs, ep, evt) {
     if ('aws' === this.vendor && Array.isArray(evt) && evt.length > 0) evt = evt[0];
     if ('microsoft' === this.vendor) {
-      const nbest = evt.NBest;
-      const newEvent = {
-        is_final: evt.RecognitionStatus === 'Success',
-        alternatives: [
-          {
-            confidence: nbest[0].Confidence,
-            transcript: nbest[0].Display
-          }
-        ]
-      };
-      evt = newEvent;
+      const final = evt.RecognitionStatus === 'Success';
+      if (final) {
+        const nbest = evt.NBest;
+        evt = {
+          is_final: true,
+          alternatives: [
+            {
+              confidence: nbest[0].Confidence,
+              transcript: nbest[0].Display
+            }
+          ]
+        };
+      }
+      else {
+        evt = {
+          is_final: false,
+          alternatives: [
+            {
+              transcript: evt.Text
+            }
+          ]
+        };
+      }
     }
-    this.logger.debug(evt, 'TaskGather:_onTranscription');
     if (evt.is_final) this._resolve('speech', evt);
     else {
       if (this.bargein && evt.alternatives[0].transcript.split(' ').length >= this.minBargeinWordCount) {