speechmatics does not do endpointing for us so we need to flip on con…

…tinuousAsr

lib/tasks/gather.js

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ const makeTask = require('./make_task');
 const assert = require('assert');
 const SttTask = require('./stt-task');
 const { SpeechCredentialError } = require('../utils/error');
+const SPEECHMATICS_DEFAULT_ASR_TIMEOUT = 1200;
 
 class TaskGather extends SttTask {
   constructor(logger, opts, parentTask) {
@@ -162,6 +163,14 @@ class TaskGather extends SttTask {
       this.logger.debug({hints: this.data.recognizer.hints, hintsBoost: this.data.recognizer.hintsBoost},
         'Gather:exec - applying global sttHints');
     }
+
+    // specials case for speechmatics: they dont do endpointing so we need to enable continuous ASR
+    if (this.vendor === 'speechmatics' && !this.isContinuousAsr) {
+      this.asrTimeout = SPEECHMATICS_DEFAULT_ASR_TIMEOUT;
+      this.isContinuousAsr = true;
+      this.logger.debug(`Gather:exec - auto-enabling continuous ASR for speechmatics w/ timeout ${this.asrTimeout}`);
+    }
+
     if (!this.isContinuousAsr && cs.isContinuousAsr) {
       this.isContinuousAsr = true;
       this.asrTimeout = cs.asrTimeout * 1000;
@@ -832,7 +841,7 @@ class TaskGather extends SttTask {
         const t = evt.alternatives[0].transcript;
         if (t) {
           /* remove trailing punctuation */
-          if (/[,;:\.!\?]$/.test(t)) {
+          if (this.vendor !== 'speechmatics' && /[,;:\.!\?]$/.test(t)) {
             this.logger.debug('TaskGather:_onTranscription - removing trailing punctuation');
             evt.alternatives[0].transcript = t.slice(0, -1);
           }