diff --git a/src/app.controller.ts b/src/app.controller.ts
index ddae3eb..1b311ac 100644
--- a/src/app.controller.ts
+++ b/src/app.controller.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { interpret } from "xstate";
 import { Language } from "./language";
 import { ConfigService } from "@nestjs/config";
 import { AiToolsService } from "./modules/aiTools/ai-tools.service";
-import { formatStringsToTable, wordToNumber } from "./common/utils";
+import { formatStringsToTable, removeLinks, wordToNumber } from "./common/utils";
 import { ConversationService } from "./modules/conversation/conversation.service";
 import { PrismaService } from "./global-services/prisma.service";
 import { CustomLogger } from "./common/logger";
@@ -1010,6 +1010,7 @@ export class AppController {
         }
         // verboseLogger("textToaudio =",textToaudio)
         let audioStartTime = Date.now();
+        textToaudio = removeLinks(textToaudio)
         result['audio'] = await this.aiToolsService.textToSpeech(textToaudio,isNumber ? Language.en : prompt.inputLanguage)
         if(result['audio']['error']){
           await this.telemetryService.capture({
diff --git a/src/common/utils.ts b/src/common/utils.ts
index 6091dc2..199690a 100644
--- a/src/common/utils.ts
+++ b/src/common/utils.ts
@@ -211,4 +211,12 @@ export const wordToNumber = (input,type='benId') => {
         return number + "th";
     }
   }
+}
+
+export const removeLinks = (inputString) => {
+  // Define a regular expression pattern for identifying links
+  var linkPattern = /http[s]?:\/\/(?:[a-zA-Z]|[0-9]|[$-_@.&+]|[!*\\(\\),]|(?:%[0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F]))+/g;
+  // Use the replace() method to replace all links with an empty string
+  var resultString = inputString.replace(linkPattern, '');
+  return resultString;
 }
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diff --git a/src/xstate/prompt/prompt.machine.ts b/src/xstate/prompt/prompt.machine.ts
index abdde6b..54af5fd 100644
--- a/src/xstate/prompt/prompt.machine.ts
+++ b/src/xstate/prompt/prompt.machine.ts
@@ -882,7 +882,8 @@ export const botFlowMachine3:any =
               actions: [
                 assign({
                   response: () => engMessage["message.convoStarter"],
-                  type:"pause"
+                  type:"pause",
+                  isWadhwaniResponse: "false"
                 })
               ]
             },
@@ -899,7 +900,8 @@ export const botFlowMachine3:any =
               target: 'checkIfOTPHasBeenVerified',
               actions: [
                 assign({
-                  queryType: (_,event) => {console.log(`assigning queryType = ${event.data}`); return event.data}
+                  queryType: (_,event) => {console.log(`assigning queryType = ${event.data}`); return event.data},
+                  isWadhwaniResponse: "false"
                 })
               ]
             }
@@ -926,8 +928,7 @@ export const botFlowMachine3:any =
                 userAadhaarNumber: "",
                 lastAadhaarDigits: "",
                 isOTPVerified: false,
-                type: '',
-                isWadhwaniResponse: "false"
+                type: ''
               })
             ]
           },
@@ -939,8 +940,7 @@ export const botFlowMachine3:any =
                 lastAadhaarDigits: "",
                 isOTPVerified: false,
                 error: (_, event) => event.data.message,
-                type: '',
-                isWadhwaniResponse: "false"
+                type: ''
               })
             ]
           }