From 3689775efc478d4f65aeb9f5b3ed51a187c2ea98 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: retoor <retoor@molodetz.nl>
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2025 10:37:15 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Don't send empty dots and spaces

---
 src/snek/static/stt.js | 24 +++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/snek/static/stt.js b/src/snek/static/stt.js
index c45cf87..6fa727d 100644
--- a/src/snek/static/stt.js
+++ b/src/snek/static/stt.js
@@ -132,8 +132,13 @@ class STTButton extends HTMLElement {
             text += '.';
           }
           this._finalTranscript += text + ' ';
-          this._updateTextarea(this._finalTranscript.trim());
-          this._finalize();
+          const finalText = this._finalTranscript.trim();
+          if (this._hasContent(finalText)) {
+            this._updateTextarea(finalText);
+            this._finalize();
+          } else {
+            this._clearTextarea();
+          }
           this._finalTranscript = '';
           this._interimTranscript = '';
         } else {
@@ -182,9 +187,13 @@ class STTButton extends HTMLElement {
     }
   }
 
+  _hasContent(text) {
+    return text.replace(/[\s.]+/g, '').length > 0;
+  }
+
   _finalize() {
     const chatInput = this._getChatInput();
-    if (chatInput) {
+    if (chatInput && this._hasContent(chatInput.value)) {
       chatInput.finalizeMessage();
     }
   }
@@ -277,8 +286,13 @@ class STTButton extends HTMLElement {
         }
         this._finalTranscript += text + ' ';
       }
-      this._updateTextarea(this._finalTranscript.trim());
-      this._finalize();
+      const finalText = this._finalTranscript.trim();
+      if (this._hasContent(finalText)) {
+        this._updateTextarea(finalText);
+        this._finalize();
+      } else {
+        this._clearTextarea();
+      }
     }
 
     this._stop();