diff --git a/examples/foundational/35-pattern-pair-voice-switching.py b/examples/foundational/35-pattern-pair-voice-switching.py
index 013c3eecd..550520317 100644
--- a/examples/foundational/35-pattern-pair-voice-switching.py
+++ b/examples/foundational/35-pattern-pair-voice-switching.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ async def run_bot(transport: BaseTransport, runner_args: RunnerArguments):
         start_pattern="<voice>",
         end_pattern="</voice>",
         type="voice",
-        remove_match=True,
+        action="remove",  # Remove tags from final text
     )
 
     # Register handler for voice switching
diff --git a/src/pipecat/extensions/ivr/ivr_navigator.py b/src/pipecat/extensions/ivr/ivr_navigator.py
index c4e31e12a..fac760ab3 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/extensions/ivr/ivr_navigator.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/extensions/ivr/ivr_navigator.py
@@ -114,19 +114,15 @@ class IVRProcessor(FrameProcessor):
     def _setup_xml_patterns(self):
         """Set up XML pattern detection and handlers."""
         # Register DTMF pattern
-        self._aggregator.add_pattern_pair(
-            "dtmf", "<dtmf>", "</dtmf>", type="dtmf", remove_match=True
-        )
+        self._aggregator.add_pattern_pair("dtmf", "<dtmf>", "</dtmf>", type="dtmf", action="remove")
         self._aggregator.on_pattern_match("dtmf", self._handle_dtmf_action)
 
         # Register mode pattern
-        self._aggregator.add_pattern_pair(
-            "mode", "<mode>", "</mode>", type="mode", remove_match=True
-        )
+        self._aggregator.add_pattern_pair("mode", "<mode>", "</mode>", type="mode", action="remove")
         self._aggregator.on_pattern_match("mode", self._handle_mode_action)
 
         # Register IVR pattern
-        self._aggregator.add_pattern_pair("ivr", "<ivr>", "</ivr>", type="ivr", remove_match=True)
+        self._aggregator.add_pattern_pair("ivr", "<ivr>", "</ivr>", type="ivr", action="remove")
         self._aggregator.on_pattern_match("ivr", self._handle_ivr_action)
 
     async def process_frame(self, frame: Frame, direction: FrameDirection):
@@ -163,7 +159,7 @@ class IVRProcessor(FrameProcessor):
         Args:
             match: The pattern match containing DTMF content.
         """
-        value = match.content
+        value = match.text
         logger.debug(f"DTMF detected: {value}")
 
         try:
@@ -184,7 +180,7 @@ class IVRProcessor(FrameProcessor):
         Args:
             match: The pattern match containing IVR status content.
         """
-        status = match.content
+        status = match.text
         logger.trace(f"IVR status detected: {status}")
 
         # Convert string to enum, with validation
@@ -215,7 +211,7 @@ class IVRProcessor(FrameProcessor):
         Args:
             match: The pattern match containing mode content.
         """
-        mode = match.content
+        mode = match.text
         logger.debug(f"Mode detected: {mode}")
         if mode == "conversation":
             await self._handle_conversation()
diff --git a/src/pipecat/utils/text/pattern_pair_aggregator.py b/src/pipecat/utils/text/pattern_pair_aggregator.py
index fe32f5b51..c188c3974 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/utils/text/pattern_pair_aggregator.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/utils/text/pattern_pair_aggregator.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ support for custom handlers and configurable pattern removal.
 """
 
 import re
-from typing import Awaitable, Callable, List, Optional, Tuple
+from typing import Awaitable, Callable, List, Literal, Optional, Tuple
 
 from loguru import logger
 
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ class PatternPairAggregator(BaseTextAggregator):
         Returns:
             The text that has been accumulated in the buffer.
         """
-        start, curtype = self._match_start_of_pattern(self._text)
-        if curtype:
-            return Aggregation(self._text, curtype)
+        pattern_start = self._match_start_of_pattern(self._text)
+        if pattern_start:
+            return Aggregation(self._text, pattern_start[1].get("type", "sentence"))
         return Aggregation(self._text, "sentence")
 
     def add_pattern_pair(
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class PatternPairAggregator(BaseTextAggregator):
         start_pattern: str,
         end_pattern: str,
         type: str,
-        remove_match: bool = True,
+        action: Literal["remove", "keep", "aggregate"] = "remove",
     ) -> "PatternPairAggregator":
         """Add a pattern pair to detect in the text.
 
@@ -108,7 +108,12 @@ class PatternPairAggregator(BaseTextAggregator):
             end_pattern: Pattern that marks the end of content.
             type: The type of aggregation the matched content represents
                   (e.g., 'code', 'speaker', 'custom').
-            remove_match: Whether to remove the matched content from the text returned.
+            action: What to do when a complete pattern is matched:
+                    - "remove": Remove the matched pattern from the text.
+                    - "keep": Keep the matched pattern in the text and treat it as
+                                normal text.
+                    - "aggregate": Return the matched pattern as a separate
+                                   aggregation object.
 
         Returns:
             Self for method chaining.
@@ -117,7 +122,7 @@ class PatternPairAggregator(BaseTextAggregator):
             "start": start_pattern,
             "end": end_pattern,
             "type": type,
-            "remove_match": remove_match,
+            "action": action,
         }
         return self
 
@@ -162,7 +167,7 @@ class PatternPairAggregator(BaseTextAggregator):
             # Escape special regex characters in the patterns
             start = re.escape(pattern_info["start"])
             end = re.escape(pattern_info["end"])
-            remove_match = pattern_info["remove_match"]
+            action = pattern_info["action"]
             match_type = pattern_info["type"]
 
             # Create regex to match from start pattern to end pattern
@@ -190,7 +195,7 @@ class PatternPairAggregator(BaseTextAggregator):
                         logger.error(f"Error in pattern handler for {pattern_id}: {e}")
 
                 # Remove the pattern from the text if configured
-                if remove_match:
+                if action == "remove":
                     processed_text = processed_text.replace(full_match, "", 1)
                     # modified = True
                 else:
@@ -198,7 +203,7 @@ class PatternPairAggregator(BaseTextAggregator):
 
         return all_matches, processed_text
 
-    def _match_start_of_pattern(self, text: str) -> Optional[Tuple[int, str]]:
+    def _match_start_of_pattern(self, text: str) -> Optional[Tuple[int, dict]]:
         """Check if text contains incomplete pattern pairs.
 
         Determines whether the text contains any start patterns without
@@ -225,9 +230,9 @@ class PatternPairAggregator(BaseTextAggregator):
             # Which is why we base the return on the first found.
             if start_count > end_count:
                 start_index = text.find(start)
-                return [start_index, pattern_info["type"]]
+                return [start_index, pattern_info]
 
-        return None, None
+        return None
 
     async def aggregate(self, text: str) -> Optional[PatternMatch]:
         """Aggregate text and process pattern pairs.
@@ -258,17 +263,22 @@ class PatternPairAggregator(BaseTextAggregator):
                 logger.warning(
                     f"Multiple patterns matched: {[p.pattern_id for p in patterns]}. Only the first pattern will be returned."
                 )
-            self._text = ""
-            return patterns[0]
+            # If the pattern found is set to be aggregated, return it
+            action = self._patterns[patterns[0].pattern_id].get("action", "remove")
+            if action == "aggregate":
+                self._text = ""
+                print(f"Returning pattern: {patterns[0]}")
+                return patterns[0]
 
         # Check if we have incomplete patterns
-        start, curtype = self._match_start_of_pattern(self._text)
-        if start is not None:
-            # Still waiting for complete patterns
-            if start == 0:
+        pattern_start = self._match_start_of_pattern(self._text)
+        if pattern_start is not None:
+            # If the start pattern is at the beginning or should not be separately aggregated, return None
+            if pattern_start[0] == 0 or pattern_start[1].get("action", "remove") != "aggregate":
                 return None
-            result = self._text[:start]
-            self._text = self._text[start:]
+            # Otherwise, strip the text up to the start pattern and return it
+            result = self._text[: pattern_start[0]]
+            self._text = self._text[pattern_start[0] :]
             return PatternMatch(f"_sentence", result, result, "sentence")
 
         # Find sentence boundary if no incomplete patterns
diff --git a/tests/test_pattern_pair_aggregator.py b/tests/test_pattern_pair_aggregator.py
index d0e13ffc6..310ccf635 100644
--- a/tests/test_pattern_pair_aggregator.py
+++ b/tests/test_pattern_pair_aggregator.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ class TestPatternPairAggregator(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.aggregator = PatternPairAggregator()
         self.test_handler = AsyncMock()
+        self.code_handler = AsyncMock()
 
         # Add a test pattern
         self.aggregator.add_pattern_pair(
@@ -21,22 +22,24 @@ class TestPatternPairAggregator(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
             start_pattern="<test>",
             end_pattern="</test>",
             type="test",
-            remove_match=True,
+            action="remove",
         )
         self.aggregator.add_pattern_pair(
             pattern_id="code_pattern",
             start_pattern="<code>",
             end_pattern="</code>",
             type="code",
-            remove_match=False,
+            action="aggregate",
         )
 
         # Register the mock handler
         self.aggregator.on_pattern_match("test_pattern", self.test_handler)
+        self.aggregator.on_pattern_match("code_pattern", self.code_handler)
 
     async def test_pattern_match_and_removal(self):
         # First part doesn't complete the pattern
         result = await self.aggregator.aggregate("Hello <test>pattern")
+        print(f"result: {result}")
         self.assertIsNone(result)
         self.assertEqual(self.aggregator.text.text, "Hello <test>pattern")
         self.assertEqual(self.aggregator.text.type, "test")
@@ -50,7 +53,7 @@ class TestPatternPairAggregator(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
         self.assertIsInstance(call_args, PatternMatch)
         self.assertEqual(call_args.pattern_id, "test_pattern")
         self.assertEqual(call_args.full_match, "<test>pattern content</test>")
-        self.assertEqual(call_args.content, "pattern content")
+        self.assertEqual(call_args.text, "pattern content")
 
         # The exclamation point should be treated as a sentence boundary,
         # so the result should include just text up to and including "!"
@@ -64,6 +67,33 @@ class TestPatternPairAggregator(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
         # Buffer should be empty after returning a complete sentence
         self.assertEqual(self.aggregator.text.text, "")
 
+    async def test_pattern_match_and_aggregate(self):
+        # First part doesn't complete the pattern
+        result = await self.aggregator.aggregate("Here is code <code>pattern")
+        print(f"result: {result}")
+        self.assertEqual(result.text, "Here is code ")
+        self.assertEqual(self.aggregator.text.text, "<code>pattern")
+        self.assertEqual(self.aggregator.text.type, "code")
+
+        # Second part completes the pattern and includes an exclamation point
+        result = await self.aggregator.aggregate(" content</code>")
+
+        # Verify the handler was called with correct PatternMatch object
+        self.code_handler.assert_called_once()
+        call_args = self.code_handler.call_args[0][0]
+        self.assertIsInstance(call_args, PatternMatch)
+        self.assertEqual(call_args.pattern_id, "code_pattern")
+        self.assertEqual(call_args.full_match, "<code>pattern content</code>")
+        self.assertEqual(call_args.text, "pattern content")
+
+        # Next sentence should be processed separately
+        result = await self.aggregator.aggregate(" This is another sentence.")
+        self.assertEqual(result.text, " This is another sentence.")
+        self.assertEqual(result.type, "sentence")
+
+        # Buffer should be empty after returning a complete sentence
+        self.assertEqual(self.aggregator.text.text, "")
+
     async def test_incomplete_pattern(self):
         # Add text with incomplete pattern
         result = await self.aggregator.aggregate("Hello <test>pattern content")
@@ -88,14 +118,19 @@ class TestPatternPairAggregator(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
         emphasis_handler = AsyncMock()
 
         self.aggregator.add_pattern_pair(
-            pattern_id="voice", start_pattern="<voice>", end_pattern="</voice>", remove_match=True
+            pattern_id="voice",
+            start_pattern="<voice>",
+            end_pattern="</voice>",
+            type="voice",
+            action="remove",
         )
 
         self.aggregator.add_pattern_pair(
             pattern_id="emphasis",
             start_pattern="<em>",
             end_pattern="</em>",
-            remove_match=False,  # Keep emphasis tags
+            type="emphasis",
+            action="keep",  # Keep emphasis tags
         )
 
         self.aggregator.on_pattern_match("voice", voice_handler)
@@ -109,15 +144,15 @@ class TestPatternPairAggregator(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
         voice_handler.assert_called_once()
         voice_match = voice_handler.call_args[0][0]
         self.assertEqual(voice_match.pattern_id, "voice")
-        self.assertEqual(voice_match.content, "female")
+        self.assertEqual(voice_match.text, "female")
 
         emphasis_handler.assert_called_once()
         emphasis_match = emphasis_handler.call_args[0][0]
         self.assertEqual(emphasis_match.pattern_id, "emphasis")
-        self.assertEqual(emphasis_match.content, "very")
+        self.assertEqual(emphasis_match.text, "very")
 
         # Voice pattern should be removed, emphasis pattern should remain
-        self.assertEqual(result, "Hello  I am <em>very</em> excited to meet you!")
+        self.assertEqual(result.text, "Hello  I am <em>very</em> excited to meet you!")
 
         # Buffer should be empty
         self.assertEqual(self.aggregator.text.text, "")
@@ -149,10 +184,10 @@ class TestPatternPairAggregator(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
         # Handler should be called with entire content
         self.test_handler.assert_called_once()
         call_args = self.test_handler.call_args[0][0]
-        self.assertEqual(call_args.content, "This is sentence one. This is sentence two.")
+        self.assertEqual(call_args.text, "This is sentence one. This is sentence two.")
 
         # Pattern should be removed, resulting in text with sentences merged
-        self.assertEqual(result, "Hello  Final sentence.")
+        self.assertEqual(result.text, "Hello  Final sentence.")
 
         # Buffer should be empty
         self.assertEqual(self.aggregator.text.text, "")
diff --git a/tests/test_piper_tts.py b/tests/test_piper_tts.py
index 75893f93f..209e6e76c 100644
--- a/tests/test_piper_tts.py
+++ b/tests/test_piper_tts.py
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ async def test_run_piper_tts_success(aiohttp_client):
         ]
 
         expected_returned_frames = [
+            TTSTextFrame,
             TTSStartedFrame,
             TTSAudioRawFrame,
             TTSAudioRawFrame,
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ async def test_run_piper_tts_error(aiohttp_client):
             TTSSpeakFrame(text="Error case."),
         ]
 
-        expected_down_frames = [TTSStoppedFrame, TTSTextFrame]
+        expected_down_frames = [TTSTextFrame, TTSStoppedFrame, TTSTextFrame]
 
         expected_up_frames = [ErrorFrame]
 
diff --git a/tests/test_simple_text_aggregator.py b/tests/test_simple_text_aggregator.py
index ff6dd1847..007549458 100644
--- a/tests/test_simple_text_aggregator.py
+++ b/tests/test_simple_text_aggregator.py
@@ -15,15 +15,20 @@ class TestSimpleTextAggregator(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
 
     async def test_reset_aggregations(self):
         assert await self.aggregator.aggregate("Hello ") == None
-        assert self.aggregator.text == "Hello "
+        assert self.aggregator.text.text == "Hello "
         await self.aggregator.reset()
-        assert self.aggregator.text == ""
+        assert self.aggregator.text.text == ""
 
     async def test_simple_sentence(self):
         assert await self.aggregator.aggregate("Hello ") == None
-        assert await self.aggregator.aggregate("Pipecat!") == "Hello Pipecat!"
-        assert self.aggregator.text == ""
+        aggregate = await self.aggregator.aggregate("Pipecat!")
+        assert aggregate.text == "Hello Pipecat!"
+        assert aggregate.type == "sentence"
+        assert self.aggregator.text.text == ""
 
     async def test_multiple_sentences(self):
-        assert await self.aggregator.aggregate("Hello Pipecat! How are ") == "Hello Pipecat!"
-        assert await self.aggregator.aggregate("you?") == " How are you?"
+        aggregate = await self.aggregator.aggregate("Hello Pipecat! How are ")
+        assert aggregate.text == "Hello Pipecat!"
+        assert self.aggregator.text.text == " How are "
+        aggregate = await self.aggregator.aggregate("you?")
+        assert aggregate.text == " How are you?"