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diff --git a/V3.1/build/ai_bridge_server/server.py b/V3.1/build/ai_bridge_server/server.py
index 0086d65a..47bab20c 100644
--- a/V3.1/build/ai_bridge_server/server.py
+++ b/V3.1/build/ai_bridge_server/server.py
@@ -1,15 +1,23 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-"""Minimal AI Bridge server for Jibo.
+"""Streaming AI Bridge server for Jibo.
+
+Replicates the original Jibo server pattern: responds sentence-by-sentence
+so the robot can start speaking immediately while the LLM is still generating.
 
 Endpoints:
-- POST /v1/chat/text  {"text": "..."} -> {"reply": "..."}
-- POST /v1/chat/audio {"wav_base64": "...", "sample_rate": 16000} -> {"reply": "...", "text": "<transcript>"}
+- POST /v1/chat/text  {"text": "..."} -> chunked NDJSON, one line per sentence:
+      {"sentence": "First sentence.", "done": false}
+      {"sentence": "Second sentence!", "done": false}
+      {"sentence": "", "done": true, "reply": "First sentence. Second sentence!"}
+  Legacy (non-streaming) clients still work: the final line has the full "reply".
+
+- POST /v1/chat/audio {"wav_base64": "...", "sample_rate": 16000} -> same streaming format
 
 LLM:
-- Uses Ollama Chat API by default: http://localhost:11434/api/chat
+- Uses Ollama Chat API with streaming: http://localhost:11434/api/chat
   Env:
     OLLAMA_URL   (default: http://127.0.0.1:11434/api/chat)
-        OLLAMA_MODEL (default: phi3.5)
+    OLLAMA_MODEL (default: smollm2:135m)
 
 STT (optional, for /audio):
 - If `faster-whisper` is installed, it will be used.
@@ -63,8 +71,9 @@ def _read_json(handler: BaseHTTPRequestHandler) -> dict:
 
 
 def _ollama_chat(user_text: str) -> str:
+    """Non-streaming fallback (used by /audio endpoint)."""
     ollama_url = os.environ.get("OLLAMA_URL", "http://127.0.0.1:11434/api/chat")
-    model = os.environ.get("OLLAMA_MODEL", "phi3.5")
+    model = os.environ.get("OLLAMA_MODEL", "smollm2:135m")
 
     req_body = {
         "model": model,
@@ -86,7 +95,6 @@ def _ollama_chat(user_text: str) -> str:
         with urlopen(req, timeout=60) as resp:
             data = json.loads(resp.read().decode("utf-8"))
     except Exception as e:
-        # Let caller decide how to respond; include a useful hint in logs.
         _log(f"Ollama request failed url={ollama_url!r} err={e!r}")
         raise
 
@@ -97,6 +105,95 @@ def _ollama_chat(user_text: str) -> str:
     return content.strip()
 
 
+import re
+
+# Sentence boundary: split on .!? followed by space or end, but not on
+# abbreviations like "Dr." or "Mr." or decimals like "3.5".
+_SENTENCE_END_RE = re.compile(
+    r'(?<=[.!?])\s+(?=[A-Z"\'])|(?<=[.!?])$'
+)
+
+
+def _split_sentences(text: str) -> list[str]:
+    """Split text into sentences. Returns list of sentence strings."""
+    parts = _SENTENCE_END_RE.split(text.strip())
+    return [p.strip() for p in parts if p.strip()]
+
+
+def _ollama_chat_streaming(user_text: str, on_sentence):
+    """Stream Ollama response token-by-token, calling on_sentence(sentence_str)
+    each time a complete sentence is detected. Returns the full reply string.
+
+    This is the key to sub-5-second perceived latency: the robot starts speaking
+    the first sentence while the LLM is still generating the rest.
+    """
+    ollama_url = os.environ.get("OLLAMA_URL", "http://127.0.0.1:11434/api/chat")
+    model = os.environ.get("OLLAMA_MODEL", "smollm2:135m")
+
+    req_body = {
+        "model": model,
+        "stream": True,
+        "messages": [
+            {"role": "system", "content": "You are Jibo, a friendly home robot. Keep replies short and spoken."},
+            {"role": "user", "content": user_text},
+        ],
+    }
+
+    req = Request(
+        ollama_url,
+        data=json.dumps(req_body).encode("utf-8"),
+        headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"},
+        method="POST",
+    )
+
+    full_reply = ""
+    buffer = ""
+    sentences_sent = 0
+    t0 = time.monotonic()
+
+    with urlopen(req, timeout=120) as resp:
+        # Ollama streams one JSON object per line
+        for raw_line in resp:
+            line = raw_line.decode("utf-8", errors="replace").strip()
+            if not line:
+                continue
+            try:
+                chunk = json.loads(line)
+            except json.JSONDecodeError:
+                continue
+
+            # Each chunk: {"message": {"content": "token"}, "done": false}
+            msg = chunk.get("message") or {}
+            token = msg.get("content") or ""
+            if token:
+                buffer += token
+                full_reply += token
+
+            # Check if buffer contains a complete sentence to flush
+            # Look for sentence-ending punctuation followed by a space or more tokens
+            sentences = _split_sentences(buffer)
+            if len(sentences) > 1:
+                # All but the last are complete sentences; last is still building
+                for s in sentences[:-1]:
+                    elapsed = time.monotonic() - t0
+                    _log(f"  sentence #{sentences_sent} at {elapsed:.2f}s: {s[:120]!r}")
+                    on_sentence(s)
+                    sentences_sent += 1
+                buffer = sentences[-1]
+
+            if chunk.get("done"):
+                break
+
+    # Flush any remaining text as the final sentence
+    leftover = buffer.strip()
+    if leftover:
+        elapsed = time.monotonic() - t0
+        _log(f"  sentence #{sentences_sent} (final) at {elapsed:.2f}s: {leftover[:120]!r}")
+        on_sentence(leftover)
+
+    return full_reply.strip()
+
+
 def _short_err(e: BaseException) -> str:
     s = str(e) or e.__class__.__name__
     s = " ".join(s.split())
@@ -265,15 +362,55 @@ class Handler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
                     return
                 _log(f"{client} /text prompt_chars={len(text)} prompt={text[:200]!r}")
                 try:
-                    reply = _ollama_chat(text)
-                    _log(f"{client} /text ok reply_chars={len(reply)}")
-                    _json_response(self, 200, {"reply": reply})
-                except URLError as e:
+                    # Stream response: chunked transfer encoding with NDJSON
+                    # Each line is a JSON object the robot can parse immediately.
+                    # This replicates the original Jibo hub pattern where the robot
+                    # starts acting on partial results while the server is still working.
+                    self.send_response(200)
+                    self.send_header("Content-Type", "application/x-ndjson")
+                    self.send_header("Transfer-Encoding", "chunked")
+                    self.end_headers()
+
+                    t0 = time.monotonic()
+
+                    def _send_chunk(obj: dict):
+                        line = json.dumps(obj) + "\n"
+                        data = line.encode("utf-8")
+                        # HTTP chunked encoding: hex size + CRLF + data + CRLF
+                        self.wfile.write(f"{len(data):x}\r\n".encode())
+                        self.wfile.write(data)
+                        self.wfile.write(b"\r\n")
+                        self.wfile.flush()
+
+                    def _on_sentence(sentence: str):
+                        _send_chunk({"sentence": sentence, "done": False})
+
+                    reply = _ollama_chat_streaming(text, _on_sentence)
+                    elapsed = time.monotonic() - t0
+                    _log(f"{client} /text ok reply_chars={len(reply)} elapsed={elapsed:.2f}s")
+
+                    # Final chunk with full reply (for logging / legacy compat)
+                    _send_chunk({"sentence": "", "done": True, "reply": reply})
+                    # Terminate chunked encoding
+                    self.wfile.write(b"0\r\n\r\n")
+                    self.wfile.flush()
+
+                except (URLError, ConnectionRefusedError) as e:
                     _log(f"{client} /text ollama_unreachable err={_short_err(e)!r}")
-                    _json_response(self, 200, {"reply": _ollama_down_reply(), "ollama_ok": False, "ollama_error": _short_err(e)})
-                except ConnectionRefusedError as e:
-                    _log(f"{client} /text ollama_refused err={_short_err(e)!r}")
-                    _json_response(self, 200, {"reply": _ollama_down_reply(), "ollama_ok": False, "ollama_error": _short_err(e)})
+                    # Fallback: try to send a non-streaming error response.
+                    # If headers already sent, write it as a chunk.
+                    try:
+                        err_reply = _ollama_down_reply()
+                        err_obj = {"sentence": err_reply, "done": True, "reply": err_reply,
+                                   "ollama_ok": False, "ollama_error": _short_err(e)}
+                        line = json.dumps(err_obj) + "\n"
+                        data = line.encode("utf-8")
+                        self.wfile.write(f"{len(data):x}\r\n".encode())
+                        self.wfile.write(data)
+                        self.wfile.write(b"\r\n0\r\n\r\n")
+                        self.wfile.flush()
+                    except Exception:
+                        pass  # headers may not have been sent yet
                 return
 
             if self.path == "/v1/chat/audio":
@@ -371,7 +508,7 @@ def main():
         "Ollama: "
         + os.environ.get("OLLAMA_URL", "http://127.0.0.1:11434/api/chat")
         + " model="
-        + os.environ.get("OLLAMA_MODEL", "phi3.5")
+        + os.environ.get("OLLAMA_MODEL", "smollm2:135m")
     )
     _log("Ollama health check: curl -s http://127.0.0.1:11434/api/tags | head")
     if not _whisper.available():
diff --git a/V3.1/build/opt/jibo/Jibo/Skills/@be/be/be/ai-bridge.js b/V3.1/build/opt/jibo/Jibo/Skills/@be/be/be/ai-bridge.js
index 1b53abfa..77c69581 100644
--- a/V3.1/build/opt/jibo/Jibo/Skills/@be/be/be/ai-bridge.js
+++ b/V3.1/build/opt/jibo/Jibo/Skills/@be/be/be/ai-bridge.js
@@ -179,6 +179,117 @@ function httpJsonPost(urlString, payload, timeoutMs) {
 	});
 }
 
+// Streaming NDJSON POST — reads the server response line-by-line and calls
+// onSentence(sentenceString) for each complete sentence as it arrives.
+// This replicates the original Jibo hub pattern: the robot starts speaking
+// while the server is still generating the rest of the response.
+// Returns a Promise that resolves to the full reply string.
+function httpStreamingPost(urlString, payload, onSentence, timeoutMs) {
+	timeoutMs = typeof timeoutMs === "number" ? timeoutMs : 120000;
+
+	var parsed = urlLib.parse(urlString);
+	var isHttps = parsed.protocol === "https:";
+	var bodyStr = JSON.stringify(payload || {});
+	var body = new Buffer(bodyStr, "utf8");
+
+	var requestOptions = {
+		protocol: parsed.protocol,
+		hostname: parsed.hostname,
+		port: parsed.port || (isHttps ? 443 : 80),
+		path: parsed.path || "/",
+		method: "POST",
+		headers: {
+			"Content-Type": "application/json",
+			"Content-Length": body.length,
+		},
+		timeout: timeoutMs,
+	};
+
+	return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
+		var req = (isHttps ? https : http).request(requestOptions, function (res) {
+			if (res.statusCode && (res.statusCode < 200 || res.statusCode >= 300)) {
+				var errChunks = [];
+				res.on("data", function (d) { errChunks.push(d); });
+				res.on("end", function () {
+					reject(new Error("AI Bridge streaming: HTTP " + res.statusCode + ": " + Buffer.concat(errChunks).toString("utf8")));
+				});
+				return;
+			}
+
+			var fullReply = "";
+			var lineBuf = "";
+
+			res.on("data", function (chunk) {
+				lineBuf += chunk.toString("utf8");
+
+				// Process complete lines (NDJSON = one JSON object per line)
+				var lines = lineBuf.split("\n");
+				// Keep the last (possibly incomplete) line in the buffer
+				lineBuf = lines.pop() || "";
+
+				for (var i = 0; i < lines.length; i++) {
+					var line = lines[i].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, "");
+					if (!line) continue;
+					try {
+						var obj = JSON.parse(line);
+					} catch (e) {
+						continue; // skip malformed lines
+					}
+
+					if (obj.done && obj.reply) {
+						fullReply = obj.reply;
+					}
+					if (obj.sentence && !obj.done) {
+						try {
+							onSentence(obj.sentence);
+						} catch (e) {
+							// don't let TTS errors kill the stream
+						}
+					}
+					// Handle error/fallback in the done+sentence case (ollama down)
+					if (obj.done && obj.sentence) {
+						try {
+							onSentence(obj.sentence);
+						} catch (e) {
+							// ignore
+						}
+						if (!fullReply) fullReply = obj.sentence;
+					}
+				}
+			});
+
+			res.on("end", function () {
+				// Process any remaining data in the buffer
+				var remaining = (lineBuf || "").replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, "");
+				if (remaining) {
+					try {
+						var obj = JSON.parse(remaining);
+						if (obj.reply) fullReply = obj.reply;
+						if (obj.sentence && !obj.done) {
+							try { onSentence(obj.sentence); } catch (e) { /* ignore */ }
+						}
+						if (obj.done && obj.sentence) {
+							try { onSentence(obj.sentence); } catch (e) { /* ignore */ }
+							if (!fullReply) fullReply = obj.sentence;
+						}
+					} catch (e) {
+						// ignore
+					}
+				}
+				resolve(fullReply || "");
+			});
+		});
+
+		req.on("error", reject);
+		req.on("timeout", function () {
+			req.destroy(new Error("AI Bridge: streaming request timeout"));
+		});
+
+		req.write(body);
+		req.end();
+	});
+}
+
 function httpJsonPostRaw(urlString, payload, timeoutMs) {
 	timeoutMs = typeof timeoutMs === "number" ? timeoutMs : 6000;
 
@@ -2481,7 +2592,7 @@ AIBridge.prototype._sendText = function (text, source) {
 	var t0 = Date.now();
 	var url = self.serverBaseUrl.replace(/\/+$/, "") + "/v1/chat/text";
 	if (rlog) {
-		rlog.info("ai-bridge", "sending text", {
+		rlog.info("ai-bridge", "sending text (streaming)", {
 			source: source || "text",
 			chars: String(text).length,
 			url: url,
@@ -2489,15 +2600,71 @@ AIBridge.prototype._sendText = function (text, source) {
 		});
 	}
 
-	return httpJsonPost(url, { text: text })
-		.then(function (resp) {
+	// TTS sentence queue: speak sentences in order, overlapping network + TTS.
+	// This is how the original Jibo system achieved sub-5-second perceived latency:
+	// start speaking the first sentence while the LLM is still generating the rest.
+	var ttsQueue = [];
+	var ttsRunning = false;
+	var firstSentenceAt = 0;
+
+	function drainTtsQueue() {
+		if (ttsRunning) return;
+		if (ttsQueue.length === 0) return;
+		ttsRunning = true;
+		var sentence = ttsQueue.shift();
+		if (!firstSentenceAt) {
+			firstSentenceAt = Date.now();
 			if (rlog) {
-				rlog.info("ai-bridge", "text request complete", { ms: Date.now() - t0, ok: !!(resp && resp.reply) });
+				rlog.info("ai-bridge", "first sentence TTS start", {
+					ms: firstSentenceAt - t0,
+					chars: String(sentence).length,
+					sentence: String(sentence).slice(0, 120),
+				});
 			}
-			var reply = resp && resp.reply ? String(resp.reply) : "";
-			if (!reply) return { reply: "" };
-			return self._speak(reply).then(function () {
-				return { reply: reply };
+		}
+		self._speak(sentence).then(function () {
+			ttsRunning = false;
+			drainTtsQueue();
+		}).catch(function () {
+			ttsRunning = false;
+			drainTtsQueue();
+		});
+	}
+
+	function onSentence(sentence) {
+		if (!sentence || !String(sentence).trim()) return;
+		if (rlog) {
+			rlog.info("ai-bridge", "stream sentence received", {
+				ms: Date.now() - t0,
+				chars: String(sentence).length,
+				sentence: String(sentence).slice(0, 120),
+				queueLen: ttsQueue.length,
+			});
+		}
+		ttsQueue.push(String(sentence));
+		drainTtsQueue();
+	}
+
+	return httpStreamingPost(url, { text: text }, onSentence)
+		.then(function (fullReply) {
+			if (rlog) {
+				rlog.info("ai-bridge", "streaming request complete", {
+					ms: Date.now() - t0,
+					firstSentenceMs: firstSentenceAt ? firstSentenceAt - t0 : null,
+					replyChars: String(fullReply).length,
+				});
+			}
+
+			// Wait for remaining TTS queue to finish before releasing in-flight.
+			return new Promise(function (resolve) {
+				function waitForTts() {
+					if (ttsQueue.length === 0 && !ttsRunning) {
+						resolve({ reply: fullReply || "" });
+					} else {
+						setTimeout(waitForTts, 100);
+					}
+				}
+				waitForTts();
 			});
 		})
 		.catch(function (e) {
diff --git a/V3.1/build/opt/jibo/Jibo/Skills/@be/be/be/rosbridge.js b/V3.1/build/opt/jibo/Jibo/Skills/@be/be/be/rosbridge.js
index dc2c9d55..6863fd31 100644
--- a/V3.1/build/opt/jibo/Jibo/Skills/@be/be/be/rosbridge.js
+++ b/V3.1/build/opt/jibo/Jibo/Skills/@be/be/be/rosbridge.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ var state = {
     ws: null,
     subId: null,
     reconnectTimer: null,
+    lastProcessed: {},
 };
 
 // Robot logger (available on BE runtime)
@@ -43,6 +44,51 @@ function parseWsUrl(s) {
     try { return String(s || '').trim(); } catch (e) { return DEFAULT_WS; }
 }
 
+function getCandidateWsUrls(beRuntime) {
+    var list = [];
+    try {
+        var envUrl = process.env.ROSBRIDGE_WS;
+        if (envUrl) list.push(parseWsUrl(envUrl));
+    } catch (e) {}
+    try {
+        var cfg = beRuntime && beRuntime.config && beRuntime.config.rosbridge && beRuntime.config.rosbridge.ws;
+        if (cfg) list.push(parseWsUrl(cfg));
+    } catch (e) {}
+
+    // Common fallbacks
+    list.push('ws://127.0.0.1:9090');
+    list.push(DEFAULT_WS);
+
+    // Attempt gateway-derived host if available
+    try {
+        var os = require('os');
+        var ifaces = os.networkInterfaces();
+        Object.keys(ifaces || {}).forEach(function (k) {
+            (ifaces[k] || []).forEach(function (info) {
+                if (!info || info.internal || info.family !== 'IPv4') return;
+                var parts = String(info.address).split('.');
+                if (parts.length === 4) {
+                    // guess the gateway as .1
+                    parts[3] = '1';
+                    list.push('ws://' + parts.join('.') + ':9090');
+                }
+            });
+        });
+    } catch (e) {}
+
+    // Deduplicate while keeping order
+    var seen = {};
+    var out = [];
+    for (var i = 0; i < list.length; i++) {
+        try {
+            var v = String(list[i] || '').trim();
+            if (!v) continue;
+            if (!seen[v]) { seen[v] = true; out.push(v); }
+        } catch (e) {}
+    }
+    return out;
+}
+
 function sendWs(obj) {
     try {
         if (!state.ws || state.ws.readyState !== 1) {
@@ -103,8 +149,29 @@ function connect(wsUrl, onMessage) {
         try { data = JSON.parse(evt.data); } catch (e) { rlogWarn('rosbridge', 'json parse failed', { err: String(e), raw: String(evt && evt.data) }); return; }
         // rosbridge wraps messages with { op: 'publish', topic: '...', msg: {...} }
         if (data && data.op === 'publish') {
-            rlogInfo('rosbridge', 'publish received', { topic: data.topic, msg: data.msg });
-            if (data.msg) onMessage && onMessage(data.msg, data.topic);
+            try {
+                var topic = data.topic || 'unknown';
+                // Throttle frequent messages per-topic to avoid blocking the BE event loop.
+                var minMs = parseInt(process.env.ROSBRIDGE_MIN_INTERVAL_MS || '200', 10) || 200;
+                var now = Date.now();
+                var last = state.lastProcessed[topic] || 0;
+                if (now - last < minMs) {
+                    rlogInfo('rosbridge', 'throttled publish', { topic: topic, droppedMs: now - last, minMs: minMs });
+                    return;
+                }
+                state.lastProcessed[topic] = now;
+
+                // Defer handling so heavy work doesn't block the socket message parser.
+                var handler = function () {
+                    try {
+                        rlogInfo('rosbridge', 'publish received', { topic: data.topic, msg: data.msg });
+                        if (data.msg) onMessage && onMessage(data.msg, data.topic);
+                    } catch (e) { rlogWarn('rosbridge', 'publish handler error', { err: String(e) }); }
+                };
+                if (typeof setImmediate === 'function') setImmediate(handler); else setTimeout(handler, 0);
+            } catch (e) {
+                rlogWarn('rosbridge', 'error handling publish', { err: String(e) });
+            }
             return;
         }
         rlogInfo('rosbridge', 'ws message', { op: data && data.op, data: data });
@@ -124,6 +191,82 @@ function scheduleReconnect(wsUrl, onMessage) {
     }, 5000);
 }
 
+// Try a list of candidate URLs sequentially until one connects.
+function connectToCandidates(beRuntime, onMessage) {
+    var candidates = getCandidateWsUrls(beRuntime);
+    var idx = 0;
+
+    function tryNext() {
+        if (state.ws && state.ws.readyState === 1) return; // already connected
+        if (idx >= candidates.length) {
+            rlogWarn('rosbridge', 'no candidates left, will schedule reconnect');
+            scheduleReconnect(candidates[0], onMessage);
+            return;
+        }
+        var url = candidates[idx++];
+        rlogInfo('rosbridge', 'trying candidate', { url: url });
+
+        // attempt connect and use a short timeout to move to next candidate
+        var tried = false;
+        var timeout = setTimeout(function () {
+            if (tried) return;
+            tried = true;
+            try { if (state.ws) state.ws.close(); } catch (e) {}
+            rlogWarn('rosbridge', 'candidate timeout, trying next', { url: url });
+            // small delay before next
+            setTimeout(tryNext, 250);
+        }, 3500);
+
+        try {
+            // reuse existing connect path but attach temporary handlers
+            var prevOnOpen = state.ws && state.ws.onopen;
+            connect(url, function (msg, topic) {
+                clearTimeout(timeout);
+                onMessage && onMessage(msg, topic);
+            });
+            // when open, cancel other attempts
+            (function (u) {
+                var wsInst = state.ws;
+                if (!wsInst) return;
+                var origOnOpen = wsInst.onopen;
+                wsInst.onopen = function (ev) {
+                    clearTimeout(timeout);
+                    rlogInfo('rosbridge', 'connected candidate', { url: u });
+                    try { if (typeof origOnOpen === 'function') origOnOpen.call(wsInst, ev); } catch (e) {}
+                };
+                // if it closes or errors before open, try next
+                var origOnClose = wsInst.onclose;
+                wsInst.onclose = function (ev) {
+                    clearTimeout(timeout);
+                    if (!tried) {
+                        tried = true;
+                        rlogWarn('rosbridge', 'candidate closed before ready, next', { url: u });
+                        setTimeout(tryNext, 250);
+                    }
+                    try { if (typeof origOnClose === 'function') origOnClose.call(wsInst, ev); } catch (e) {}
+                };
+                var origOnError = wsInst.onerror;
+                wsInst.onerror = function (err) {
+                    clearTimeout(timeout);
+                    if (!tried) {
+                        tried = true;
+                        rlogWarn('rosbridge', 'candidate error, next', { url: u, err: String(err) });
+                        try { if (wsInst) wsInst.close(); } catch (e) {}
+                        setTimeout(tryNext, 250);
+                    }
+                    try { if (typeof origOnError === 'function') origOnError.call(wsInst, err); } catch (e) {}
+                };
+            })(url);
+        } catch (e) {
+            clearTimeout(timeout);
+            rlogWarn('rosbridge', 'connect threw, trying next', { url: url, err: String(e) });
+            setTimeout(tryNext, 250);
+        }
+    }
+
+    tryNext();
+}
+
 function close() {
     rlogInfo('rosbridge', 'close requested');
     try { unsubscribe(); } catch (e) { rlogWarn('rosbridge', 'unsubscribe failed', { err: String(e) }); }
@@ -255,8 +398,7 @@ exports.init = function (beRuntime, jibo) {
                                         jibo.tts.speak(payload, { mode: jibo.tts.TTSMode ? jibo.tts.TTSMode.SSML : undefined });
                                     } else if (jibo && jibo.tts && typeof jibo.tts.speak === 'function') {
                                         jibo.tts.speak(String(t), { mode: jibo.tts.TTSMode ? jibo.tts.TTSMode.TEXT : undefined });
-                                    } else if (beRuntime && beRuntime.api && typeof beRuntime.api.speak === 'function') {
-                                        beRuntime.api.speak({ text: String(t), mode: useEsml ? 'ssml' : 'text' });
+                                    } else if (beRuntime && beRuntime.api && typeof beRuntime.api.speak === 'function') {                                        beRuntime.api.speak({ text: String(t), mode: useEsml ? 'ssml' : 'text' });
                                     } else if (jibo && jibo.api && typeof jibo.api.speak === 'function') {
                                         jibo.api.speak({ text: String(t), mode: useEsml ? 'ssml' : 'text' });
                                     } else {