diff --git a/src/include/switch_ivr.h b/src/include/switch_ivr.h
index 6f883a933c..39ce354e9f 100644
--- a/src/include/switch_ivr.h
+++ b/src/include/switch_ivr.h
@@ -162,13 +162,18 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_ivr_collect_digits_count(switch_core_sess
   \param mod_name the module name of the ASR library
   \param grammar the grammar text, URI, or local file name
   \param result of speech recognition, allocated from the session pool
+  \param input_timeout time to wait for input
+  \param args arguements to pass for callbacks etc
   \return SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS if all is well
 */
 SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_ivr_play_and_detect_speech(switch_core_session_t *session, 
-														const char *file,
-														const char *mod_name,
-														const char *grammar,
-														char **result);
+																  const char *file, 
+																  const char *mod_name,
+																  const char *grammar,
+																  char **result,
+																  uint32_t input_timeout,
+																  switch_input_args_t *args);
+
 
 /*!
   \brief Engage background Speech detection on a session
diff --git a/src/mod/applications/mod_dptools/mod_dptools.c b/src/mod/applications/mod_dptools/mod_dptools.c
index 592bfb40de..9d804bdfc4 100755
--- a/src/mod/applications/mod_dptools/mod_dptools.c
+++ b/src/mod/applications/mod_dptools/mod_dptools.c
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ SWITCH_STANDARD_APP(play_and_detect_speech_function)
 		char *engine = argv[0];
 		char *grammar = argv[1];
 		char *result = NULL;
-		switch_ivr_play_and_detect_speech(session, file, engine, grammar, &result);
+		switch_ivr_play_and_detect_speech(session, file, engine, grammar, &result, 0, NULL);
 		switch_channel_set_variable(channel, "detect_speech_result", result);
 	} else {
 		/* bad input */
diff --git a/src/switch_ivr_async.c b/src/switch_ivr_async.c
index 1a4ee43ae6..8958d10813 100644
--- a/src/switch_ivr_async.c
+++ b/src/switch_ivr_async.c
@@ -3220,11 +3220,17 @@ static switch_status_t play_and_detect_input_callback(switch_core_session_t *ses
 	return SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS;
 }
 
-SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_ivr_play_and_detect_speech(switch_core_session_t *session, const char *file, const char *mod_name, const char *grammar, char **result)
+SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_ivr_play_and_detect_speech(switch_core_session_t *session, 
+																  const char *file, 
+																  const char *mod_name, 
+																  const char *grammar, 
+																  char **result, 
+																  uint32_t input_timeout,
+																  switch_input_args_t *args)
 {
-	switch_status_t status;
+	switch_status_t status = SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS;
 	int recognizing = 0;
-	switch_input_args_t args = { 0 };
+	switch_input_args_t myargs = { 0 };
 	play_and_detect_speech_state_t state = { 0, "" };
 	switch_channel_t *channel = switch_core_session_get_channel(session);
 
@@ -3232,6 +3238,12 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_ivr_play_and_detect_speech(switch_core_se
 		goto done;
 	}
 
+	if (!input_timeout) input_timeout = 5000;
+
+	if (!args) {
+		args = &myargs;
+	}
+
 	/* start speech detection */
 	if (switch_ivr_detect_speech(session, mod_name, grammar, grammar, NULL, NULL) != SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
 		goto done;
@@ -3239,10 +3251,16 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_ivr_play_and_detect_speech(switch_core_se
 	recognizing = 1;
 
 	/* play the prompt, looking for detection result */
-	args.input_callback = play_and_detect_input_callback;
-	args.buf = &state;
-	args.buflen = sizeof(state);
-	status = switch_ivr_play_file(session, NULL, file, &args);
+	args->input_callback = play_and_detect_input_callback;
+	args->buf = &state;
+	args->buflen = sizeof(state);
+	status = switch_ivr_play_file(session, NULL, file, args);
+
+	if (args->dmachine && (switch_ivr_dmachine_get_match(args->dmachine) || switch_ivr_dmachine_get_failed_digits(args->dmachine))) {
+		state.done = 1;
+		goto done;
+	}
+
 	if (status != SWITCH_STATUS_BREAK && status != SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
 		goto done;
 	}
@@ -3252,7 +3270,13 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_ivr_play_and_detect_speech(switch_core_se
 		switch_ivr_detect_speech_start_input_timers(session);
 		switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_SESSION_LOG(session), SWITCH_LOG_INFO, "(%s) WAITING FOR RESULT\n", switch_channel_get_name(channel));
 		while (!state.done && switch_channel_ready(channel)) {
-			status = switch_ivr_sleep(session, 5000, SWITCH_FALSE, &args);
+			status = switch_ivr_sleep(session, input_timeout, SWITCH_FALSE, args);
+			
+			if (args->dmachine && (switch_ivr_dmachine_get_match(args->dmachine) || switch_ivr_dmachine_get_failed_digits(args->dmachine))) {
+				state.done = 1;
+				goto done;
+			}			
+
 			if (status != SWITCH_STATUS_BREAK && status != SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
 				goto done;
 			}
@@ -3268,9 +3292,10 @@ done:
 	*result = state.result;
 
 	if (!state.done) {
-		return SWITCH_STATUS_FALSE;
+		status = SWITCH_STATUS_FALSE;
 	}
-	return SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS;
+
+	return status;;
 }
 
 struct speech_thread_handle {