diff --git a/src/dailyai/services/daily_transport_service.py b/src/dailyai/services/daily_transport_service.py
index 1f1fe483b..89cb66046 100644
--- a/src/dailyai/services/daily_transport_service.py
+++ b/src/dailyai/services/daily_transport_service.py
@@ -259,10 +259,8 @@ class DailyTransportService(EventHandler):
         pass
 
     def on_transcription_message(self, message):
-        print("got transcription", message)
         if self.loop:
-            asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(self.transcription_queue.put(message["text"]), self.loop)
-            print("put transcription in queue", message)
+            asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(self.transcription_queue.put(message), self.loop)
 
     def on_transcription_stopped(self, stopped_by, stopped_by_error):
         pass
diff --git a/src/samples/theoretical-to-real/06-listen-and-respond.py b/src/samples/theoretical-to-real/06-listen-and-respond.py
index 034e608f0..6cdac1491 100644
--- a/src/samples/theoretical-to-real/06-listen-and-respond.py
+++ b/src/samples/theoretical-to-real/06-listen-and-respond.py
@@ -33,7 +33,11 @@ async def main(room_url:str, token):
 
         sentence = ""
         async for message in transport.get_transcriptions():
-            sentence += message
+            if message["session_id"] == transport.my_participant_id:
+                continue
+
+            # todo: we could differentiate between transcriptions from different participants
+            sentence += message["text"]
             if sentence.endswith((".", "?", "!")):
                 messages.append({"role": "user", "content": sentence})
                 sentence = ''