diff --git a/whisperlivekit/audio_processor.py b/whisperlivekit/audio_processor.py
index c9ff1f7..fa454c2 100644
--- a/whisperlivekit/audio_processor.py
+++ b/whisperlivekit/audio_processor.py
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@ import math
 import logging
 import traceback
 from datetime import timedelta
-from whisperlivekit.timed_objects import ASRToken
+from whisperlivekit.timed_objects import ASRToken, Silence
 from whisperlivekit.core import TranscriptionEngine, online_factory
 from whisperlivekit.ffmpeg_manager import FFmpegManager, FFmpegState
 from .remove_silences import handle_silences
+from trail_repetition import trim_tail_repetition
+from silero_vad_iterator import FixedVADIterator
 # Set up logging once
 logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, format="%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s")
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -48,6 +50,8 @@ class AudioProcessor:
 
         # State management
         self.is_stopping = False
+        self.silence = False
+        self.silence_duration = 0.0
         self.tokens = []
         self.buffer_transcription = ""
         self.buffer_diarization = ""
@@ -62,7 +66,10 @@ class AudioProcessor:
         self.asr = models.asr
         self.tokenizer = models.tokenizer
         self.diarization = models.diarization
-        
+        import torch
+        model, _ = torch.hub.load(repo_or_dir="snakers4/silero-vad", model="silero_vad")
+        self.vac = FixedVADIterator(model)
+        self.vac.reset_states()
         self.ffmpeg_manager = FFmpegManager(
             sample_rate=self.sample_rate,
             channels=self.channels
@@ -98,6 +105,17 @@ class AudioProcessor:
         """Thread-safe update of transcription with new data."""
         async with self.lock:
             self.tokens.extend(new_tokens)
+            
+            # self.tokens, has_been_trimmed = trim_tail_repetition(
+            #     self.tokens,
+            #     key=lambda t: t.text.strip().lower(),
+            #     min_block=2,        # avoid trimming single '.' loops; set to 1 if you want to remove those too
+            #     max_tail=200,
+            #     prefer="longest",   # prefer removing the longest repeated phrase
+            #     keep=1
+            # )
+            # if has_been_trimmed:
+            #     print('HAS BEEN TRIMMED !')
             self.buffer_transcription = buffer
             self.end_buffer = end_buffer
             self.sep = sep
@@ -200,19 +218,45 @@ class AudioProcessor:
                     # Process audio chunk
                     pcm_array = self.convert_pcm_to_float(self.pcm_buffer[:self.max_bytes_per_sec])
                     self.pcm_buffer = self.pcm_buffer[self.max_bytes_per_sec:]
-                    
-                    # Send to transcription if enabled
-                    if self.args.transcription and self.transcription_queue:
-                        await self.transcription_queue.put(pcm_array.copy())
+                    res = self.vac(pcm_array)
 
-                    # Send to diarization if enabled
-                    if self.args.diarization and self.diarization_queue:
-                        await self.diarization_queue.put(pcm_array.copy())
+                    end_of_audio = False
+                    silence_buffer = None
+                    
+                    if self.silence:
+                        print('NO AUDIO')
+                    
+                    if res is not None:
+                        if res.get('end', 0) > res.get('start', 0):
+                            end_of_audio = True
+                        elif self.silence: #end of silence
+                            self.silence = False
+                            silence_buffer = Silence(duration=time() - self.start_silence)
+                            
+                    if silence_buffer:
+                        if self.args.transcription and self.transcription_queue:
+                            await self.transcription_queue.put(silence_buffer)
+                        if self.args.diarization and self.diarization_queue:
+                            await self.diarization_queue.put(silence_buffer)
+
+                    if not self.silence:                            
+                        if self.args.transcription and self.transcription_queue:
+                            await self.transcription_queue.put(pcm_array.copy())
+
+                        if self.args.diarization and self.diarization_queue:
+                            await self.diarization_queue.put(pcm_array.copy())
+                        
+                        self.silence_duration = 0.0
+                        if end_of_audio:
+                            self.silence = True
+                            self.start_silence = time()
 
                     # Sleep if no processing is happening
                     if not self.args.transcription and not self.args.diarization:
                         await asyncio.sleep(0.1)
                     
+                    
+                    
             except Exception as e:
                 logger.warning(f"Exception in ffmpeg_stdout_reader: {e}")
                 logger.warning(f"Traceback: {traceback.format_exc()}")
@@ -239,8 +283,8 @@ class AudioProcessor:
         
         while True:
             try:
-                pcm_array = await self.transcription_queue.get()
-                if pcm_array is SENTINEL:
+                item = await self.transcription_queue.get()
+                if item is SENTINEL:
                     logger.debug("Transcription processor received sentinel. Finishing.")
                     self.transcription_queue.task_done()
                     break
@@ -258,11 +302,23 @@ class AudioProcessor:
                     f"lag={transcription_lag_s:.2f}s."
                 )
                 
-                # Process transcription
-                duration_this_chunk = len(pcm_array) / self.sample_rate if isinstance(pcm_array, np.ndarray) else 0
+                if type(item) is Silence:
+                    cumulative_pcm_duration_stream_time += item.duration
+                    self.online.insert_silence(item.duration)
+                    continue
+                
+                if isinstance(item, np.ndarray):
+                    pcm_array = item
+                else:
+                    raise Exception('item should be pcm_array')
+                
+                duration_this_chunk = len(pcm_array) / self.sample_rate
                 cumulative_pcm_duration_stream_time += duration_this_chunk
                 stream_time_end_of_current_pcm = cumulative_pcm_duration_stream_time
 
+                
+                    
+
                 self.online.insert_audio_chunk(pcm_array, stream_time_end_of_current_pcm)
                 new_tokens, current_audio_processed_upto = self.online.process_iter()
                 
diff --git a/whisperlivekit/whisper_streaming_custom/silero_vad_iterator.py b/whisperlivekit/silero_vad_iterator.py
similarity index 100%
rename from whisperlivekit/whisper_streaming_custom/silero_vad_iterator.py
rename to whisperlivekit/silero_vad_iterator.py
diff --git a/whisperlivekit/timed_objects.py b/whisperlivekit/timed_objects.py
index 82fd1f6..c2a3619 100644
--- a/whisperlivekit/timed_objects.py
+++ b/whisperlivekit/timed_objects.py
@@ -29,4 +29,8 @@ class SpeakerSegment(TimedText):
     """Represents a segment of audio attributed to a specific speaker.
     No text nor probability is associated with this segment.
     """
-    pass
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+    pass
+
+@dataclass
+class Silence():
+    duration: float
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diff --git a/whisperlivekit/trail_repetition.py b/whisperlivekit/trail_repetition.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18d9f5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/whisperlivekit/trail_repetition.py
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+from typing import Sequence, Callable, Any, Optional, Dict
+
+def _detect_tail_repetition(
+    seq: Sequence[Any],
+    key: Callable[[Any], Any] = lambda x: x,  # extract comparable value
+    min_block: int = 1,                       # set to 2 to ignore 1-token loops like "."
+    max_tail: int = 300,                      # search window from the end for speed
+    prefer: str = "longest",                  # "longest" coverage or "smallest" block
+) -> Optional[Dict]:
+    vals = [key(x) for x in seq][-max_tail:]
+    n = len(vals)
+    best = None
+
+    # try every possible block length
+    for b in range(min_block, n // 2 + 1):
+        block = vals[-b:]
+        # count how many times this block repeats contiguously at the very end
+        count, i = 0, n
+        while i - b >= 0 and vals[i - b:i] == block:
+            count += 1
+            i -= b
+
+        if count >= 2:
+            cand = {
+                "block_size": b,
+                "count": count,
+                "start_index": len(seq) - count * b,  # in original seq
+                "end_index": len(seq),
+            }
+            if (best is None or
+                (prefer == "longest" and count * b > best["count"] * best["block_size"]) or
+                (prefer == "smallest" and b < best["block_size"])):
+                best = cand
+    return best
+
+def trim_tail_repetition(
+    seq: Sequence[Any],
+    key: Callable[[Any], Any] = lambda x: x,
+    min_block: int = 1,
+    max_tail: int = 300,
+    prefer: str = "longest",
+    keep: int = 1,  # how many copies of the repeating block to keep at the end (0 or 1 are common)
+):
+    """
+    Returns a new sequence with repeated tail trimmed.
+    keep=1 -> keep a single copy of the repeated block.
+    keep=0 -> remove all copies of the repeated block.
+    """
+    rep = _detect_tail_repetition(seq, key, min_block, max_tail, prefer)
+    if not rep:
+        return seq, False  # nothing to trim
+
+    b, c = rep["block_size"], rep["count"]
+    if keep < 0:
+        keep = 0
+    if keep >= c:
+        return seq, False  # nothing to trim (already <= keep copies)
+    # new length = total - (copies_to_remove * block_size)
+    new_len = len(seq) - (c - keep) * b
+    return seq[:new_len], True
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diff --git a/whisperlivekit/whisper_streaming_custom/online_asr.py b/whisperlivekit/whisper_streaming_custom/online_asr.py
index 4fd6de8..d575035 100644
--- a/whisperlivekit/whisper_streaming_custom/online_asr.py
+++ b/whisperlivekit/whisper_streaming_custom/online_asr.py
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ class VACOnlineASRProcessor:
         # Load a VAD model (e.g. Silero VAD)
         import torch
         model, _ = torch.hub.load(repo_or_dir="snakers4/silero-vad", model="silero_vad")
-        from .silero_vad_iterator import FixedVADIterator
+        from ..silero_vad_iterator import FixedVADIterator
 
         self.vac = FixedVADIterator(model)
         self.logfile = self.online.logfile