diff --git a/src/app/api/imageInput/route.ts b/src/app/api/imageInput/route.ts
index 80d38012..14c833d3 100644
--- a/src/app/api/imageInput/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/imageInput/route.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { NextApiResponse } from "next";
 import { StreamingTextResponse, LangChainStream } from "ai";
 import { systemPrompt, ellaPrompt } from "@/utils/prompts";
 import { chattype } from "@/lib/types";
+// import { ChatAnthropic } from "langchain/chat_models/anthropic";
 
 export const maxDuration = 60; // This function can run for a maximum of 5 seconds
 export const dynamic = "force-dynamic";
@@ -153,6 +154,13 @@ export async function POST(request: Request, response: NextApiResponse) {
         },
       ],
     });
+    // const anthropic = new ChatAnthropic({
+    //   anthropicApiKey: env.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY,
+    //   streaming: true,
+    //   modelName: "claude-3-sonnet-20240229",
+    //   callbacks: [handlers]
+    // });
+    // const str = anthropic.call([...msg, message], {}, [handlers])
     const str = chat
       .call([...msg, message], {}, [handlers])
       .catch(console.error);
diff --git a/src/app/env.mjs b/src/app/env.mjs
index 8a64a8fd..2ec4d7ca 100644
--- a/src/app/env.mjs
+++ b/src/app/env.mjs
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import { z } from "zod";
 
 export const env = createEnv({
   server: {
+    // Anthropic
+    ANTHROPIC_API_KEY: z.string().min(10),
     // OpenAI
     OPEN_AI_API_KEY: z.string().min(10),
     // LLaMA-2-7B-32K-Instruct (7B) from https://api.together.xyz
@@ -62,6 +64,8 @@ export const env = createEnv({
   },
 
   runtimeEnv: {
+    // Anthropic
+    ANTHROPIC_API_KEY: process.env.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY,
     // Clerk (Auth)
     NEXT_PUBLIC_CLERK_PUBLISHABLE_KEY:
       process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_CLERK_PUBLISHABLE_KEY,
diff --git a/src/components/chat.tsx b/src/components/chat.tsx
index 79d8f81b..4a425a20 100644
--- a/src/components/chat.tsx
+++ b/src/components/chat.tsx
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ export default function Chat(props: ChatProps) {
   });
   console.log("messages", messages);
 
+  //TODO: handle user incoming from dashboard when invoked a chat
   useEffect(() => {
     if (isNewChat === "true" && incomingInput) {
       //TODO: use types for useQueryState
@@ -323,6 +324,9 @@ export default function Chat(props: ChatProps) {
             </div>
           )}
           <InputBar
+            onDrop={onDrop}
+            getInputProps={getInputProps}
+            getRootProps={getRootProps}
             onClickOpenChatSheet={props.onClickOpenChatSheet}
             onClickOpen={open}
             dropZoneImage={image}
diff --git a/src/components/inputBar.tsx b/src/components/inputBar.tsx
index fef3904a..e93bc064 100644
--- a/src/components/inputBar.tsx
+++ b/src/components/inputBar.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
   useState,
 } from "react";
 import { ChatRequestOptions, CreateMessage, Message, nanoid } from "ai";
-import { PaperPlaneTilt } from "@phosphor-icons/react";
+import { PaperPlaneTilt, UploadSimple } from "@phosphor-icons/react";
 import { Button } from "@/components/button";
 import { ChatType, chattype } from "@/lib/types";
 import { motion } from "framer-motion";
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ interface InputBarProps {
   dropZoneActive: boolean;
   onClickOpen: any;
   onClickOpenChatSheet: boolean | any;
+  getInputProps: any;
+  onDrop: (acceptedFiles: any) => void;
+  getRootProps: any;
 }
 
 const InputBar = (props: InputBarProps) => {
@@ -478,24 +481,41 @@ const InputBar = (props: InputBarProps) => {
 
     return () => clearInterval(interval);
   }, [isBlinking]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!isBlinking) {
+      const resetTimer = setTimeout(() => {
+        setTranscriptHashTable({});
+      }, 5000); // Reset after 5 seconds
+
+      return () => clearTimeout(resetTimer);
+    }
+  }, [isBlinking]);
+
   return (
     <form
       onSubmit={handleSubmit}
       className={`flex flex-grow sm:min-w-[${
         onClickOpenChatSheet ? "395px" : "700px"
       }]`}
+      onDrop={(acceptedFiles: any) => {
+        console.log("being dropped", acceptedFiles);
+        props.onDrop(acceptedFiles);
+      }}
     >
       <motion.div
+        {...props.getRootProps()}
         layout
         className="flex flex-grow bg-linear-900 p-2 pt-2 rounded-sm gap-2 "
       >
+        <input {...props.getInputProps()} />
         <motion.div layout className="flex flex-grow items-center w-full gap-2">
           <motion.div
             initial={{ x: -50, opacity: 0 }}
             animate={{ x: 0, opacity: 1, transition: { duration: 0.5 } }}
             exit={{ x: -50, opacity: 0, transition: { duration: 0.5 } }}
           >
-            <ModelSwitcher
+            {/* <ModelSwitcher
               disabled={
                 props.isChatCompleted ||
                 isRecording ||
@@ -504,22 +524,22 @@ const InputBar = (props: InputBarProps) => {
               }
               chattype={props.chattype}
               setChatType={props.setChattype}
-            />
-            {/* <Button
-                // disabled={isRecording || isTranscribing || disableInputs}
-                disabled={true}
-                onClick={props.onClickOpen}
-                size="icon"
-                variant="secondary"
-                type="button"
-                className="disabled:text-muted"
-              >
-                <UploadSimple
-                  className="h-4 w-4 fill-current"
-                  color="#618a9e"
-                  weight="bold"
-                />
-              </Button> */}
+            /> */}
+            <Button
+              disabled={isRecording || isTranscribing || disableInputs}
+              // disabled={true}
+              onClick={props.onClickOpen}
+              size="icon"
+              variant="secondary"
+              type="button"
+              className="disabled:text-muted"
+            >
+              <UploadSimple
+                className="h-4 w-4 fill-current"
+                color="#618a9e"
+                weight="bold"
+              />
+            </Button>
           </motion.div>
           <motion.div
             initial={{ y: 20, opacity: 0 }}
@@ -558,7 +578,9 @@ const InputBar = (props: InputBarProps) => {
               value={
                 props.value + (isBlinking ? ".".repeat(displayNumber) : "")
               }
-              onChange={handleInputChange}
+              onChange={(e) => {
+                handleInputChange(e);
+              }}
               onKeyDown={(e) => {
                 if (e.key === "Enter" && !e.shiftKey) {
                   e.preventDefault();
@@ -605,13 +627,12 @@ const InputBar = (props: InputBarProps) => {
                 const newAudioId = audioId + 1;
                 setAudioId(newAudioId);
                 setTranscriptHashTable((prev) => ({
-                  ...prev,
                   [newAudioId]: props.value,
                 }));
               }}
               onStopListening={() => {
                 setIsBlinking(false);
-                setTranscriptHashTable({});
+                // setTranscriptHashTable({});
                 setIsAudioWaveVisible(false);
               }}
               // disabled={isRecording || isTranscribing || disableInputs}