diff --git a/resources/install/scripts/app/voicemail/resources/functions/record_message.lua b/resources/install/scripts/app/voicemail/resources/functions/record_message.lua
index bac165648a..6efdbd17a8 100644
--- a/resources/install/scripts/app/voicemail/resources/functions/record_message.lua
+++ b/resources/install/scripts/app/voicemail/resources/functions/record_message.lua
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 				freeswitch.consoleLog("notice", "[voicemail] transcribe_provider: " .. transcribe_provider .. "\n");
 				freeswitch.consoleLog("notice", "[voicemail] transcribe_language: " .. transcribe_language .. "\n");
 
-			end	
+			end
 
 			if (transcribe_provider == "microsoft") then
 				local api_key1 = settings:get('voicemail', 'microsoft_key1', 'text') or '';
@@ -93,19 +93,40 @@
 							freeswitch.consoleLog("notice", "[voicemail] CONFIDENCE: " .. transcribe_json["results"][1]["confidence"] .. "\n");
 						end
 					end
-							
+
 					transcription = transcribe_json["results"][1]["name"];
 					transcription = transcription:gsub("<profanity>.*<%/profanity>","...");
 					confidence = transcribe_json["results"][1]["confidence"];
 					return transcription;
 				end
 			end
+			--start of my section
+			if (transcribe_provider == "selfhosted") then
+				local transcription_server = settings:get('voicemail', 'transcription_server', 'text') or '';
+				freeswitch.consoleLog("notice", "[voicemail] transcription provider: " .. transcription_server .. "\n");
+				local api_key2 = settings:get('voicemail', 'api_key', 'text') or '';
+				if (transcription_server ~= '') then
+					transcribe_cmd = "curl -L " .. transcription_server .. " -F file=@"..file_path
+					local handle = io.popen(transcribe_cmd);
+					local transcribe_result = handle:read("*a");
+					handle:close();
+					freeswitch.consoleLog("notice", "[voicemail] CMD: " .. transcribe_cmd .. "\n");
+					freeswitch.consoleLog("notice", "[voicemail] RESULT: " .. transcribe_result .. "\n");
+					--Trancribe request can fail
+					if (transcribe_result == '') then
+						freeswitch.consoleLog("notice", "[voicemail] TRANSCRIPTION: (null) \n");
+						return ''
+					end
+					return transcribe_result;
+				end
+			end
+			--end of my function
 		else
 			if (debug["info"]) then
 				freeswitch.consoleLog("notice", "[voicemail] message too short for transcription.\n");
-			end	
+			end
 		end
-		
+
 		return '';
 	end
 
@@ -116,12 +137,12 @@
 
 		local max_len_seconds = settings:get('voicemail', 'message_max_length', 'numeric') or 300;
 		transcribe_enabled = settings:get('voicemail', 'transcribe_enabled', 'boolean') or "false";
-		
+
 		if (debug["info"]) then
 			freeswitch.consoleLog("notice", "[voicemail] transcribe_enabled: " .. transcribe_enabled .. "\n");
 			freeswitch.consoleLog("notice", "[voicemail] voicemail_transcription_enabled: " .. voicemail_transcription_enabled .. "\n");
 		end
-		
+
 		--record your message at the tone press any key or stop talking to end the recording
 			if (skip_instructions == "true") then
 				--skip the instructions