diff --git a/src/pages/views/commcoach/CommcoachDossierView.tsx b/src/pages/views/commcoach/CommcoachDossierView.tsx
index 1ac75f5..57ea656 100644
--- a/src/pages/views/commcoach/CommcoachDossierView.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/views/commcoach/CommcoachDossierView.tsx
@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ export const CommcoachDossierView: React.FC = () => {
           const preview = [...transcriptPartsRef.current, currentInterim].join(' ').trim();
           setLiveTranscript(preview);
           if (preview) _resetSilenceTimer();
-          const totalWords = preview.split(/\s+/).filter(Boolean).length;
           const finalizedWords = transcriptPartsRef.current.join(' ').split(/\s+/).filter(Boolean).length;
           if (coach.isTtsPlayingRef.current && finalizedWords >= MIN_WORDS_TO_INTERRUPT) {
             coach.stopTts();