1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/client/util/DictationManager.ts b/src/client/util/DictationManager.ts
index a93b2f573..a086ac45e 100644
--- a/src/client/util/DictationManager.ts
+++ b/src/client/util/DictationManager.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import * as interpreter from "words-to-numbers";
+// @ts-ignore  bcz: how are you supposed to include these definitions since dom-speech-recognition isn't a module?
+import type { } from "@types/dom-speech-recognition";
 import { Doc, Opt } from "../../fields/Doc";
 import { List } from "../../fields/List";
 import { RichTextField } from "../../fields/RichTextField";
@@ -13,6 +15,7 @@ import { DocumentView } from "../views/nodes/DocumentView";
 import { SelectionManager } from "./SelectionManager";
 import { UndoManager } from "./UndoManager";
 
+
 /**
  * This namespace provides a singleton instance of a manager that
  * handles the listening and text-conversion of user speech.
@@ -112,7 +115,7 @@ export namespace DictationManager {
                     }
                     options?.tryExecute && await DictationManager.Commands.execute(results);
                 }
-            } catch (e) {
+            } catch (e: any) {
                 console.log(e);
                 if (overlay) {
                     DictationOverlay.Instance.isListening = false;
@@ -188,7 +191,7 @@ export namespace DictationManager {
                         current && sessionResults.push(current);
                         sessionResults.length && resolve(sessionResults.join(inter || interSession));
                     } else {
-                        resolve(current);
+                        resolve(current || "");
                     }
                     current = undefined;
                     sessionResults = [];