diff --git a/modules/features/teamsbot/service.py b/modules/features/teamsbot/service.py
index 6a9db449..42065c78 100644
--- a/modules/features/teamsbot/service.py
+++ b/modules/features/teamsbot/service.py
@@ -684,11 +684,11 @@ class TeamsbotService:
             logger.debug(f"Session {sessionId}: Chat history stored (no AI trigger): [{speaker}] {text[:60]}")
             return
 
-        # Filter out the bot's own speech entirely — captions of the bot's
-        # own voice come back as garbled text (e.g. German TTS → English caption)
-        # which pollutes the context buffer and confuses AI analysis.
+        # Filter out the bot's own speech (caption/audioCapture) — garbled text
+        # pollutes context. Chat from the bot is clean text and must appear in
+        # the transcript for all participants.
         isBotSpeaker = self._isBotSpeaker(speaker)
-        if isBotSpeaker:
+        if isBotSpeaker and source != "chat":
             logger.debug(f"Session {sessionId}: Ignoring own bot caption from: [{speaker}] {text[:80]}...")
             return
 
@@ -778,6 +778,10 @@ class TeamsbotService:
         if self.config.responseMode == TeamsbotResponseMode.TRANSCRIBE_ONLY:
             return
 
+        # Bot's own chat: stored for display only, never trigger AI
+        if source == "chat" and isBotSpeaker:
+            return
+
         # Stop phrases: trigger immediately without debounce (root cause: 3s debounce delayed stop)
         if self._isStopPhrase(text):
             logger.info(f"Session {sessionId}: Stop phrase detected, triggering analysis immediately")