diff --git a/fhem/FHEM/10_RHASSPY.pm b/fhem/FHEM/10_RHASSPY.pm
index df2fa2684..410ca4975 100644
--- a/fhem/FHEM/10_RHASSPY.pm
+++ b/fhem/FHEM/10_RHASSPY.pm
@@ -3346,6 +3346,20 @@ sub RHASSPY_SpeechDialogTimeout {
     return SpeechDialog_close($hash, $identity);
 }
 
+sub RHASSPY_reopenVoiceInput_timeout {
+    my $fnHash = shift // return;
+    my $hash = $fnHash->{HASH} // $fnHash;
+    return if !defined $hash;
+    my $identity = $fnHash->{MODIFIER};
+    deleteSingleRegIntTimer($identity, $hash, 1);
+    Log3($hash, 5, "RHASSPY_reopenVoiceInput_timeout called with $identity");
+    #Beta-User: incomplete, closing voice input is still missing!
+    #Here we might have to delete any remaining data from a "continuous" session....
+
+    return;
+}
+
+
 sub setSpeechDialogTimeout {
     my $hash     = shift // return;
     my $data     = shift // return;
@@ -3734,8 +3748,10 @@ sub respond {
     if ( $topic ne 'continueSession' && $type eq 'voice' && ( defined $data->{reopenVoiceInput} || defined $hash->{sessionTimeout} ) ) {
         activateVoiceInput($hash,[$data->{siteId}]);
         $delay = ReadingsNum($name, "sessionTimeout_$data->{siteId}", $hash->{sessionTimeout} // _getDialogueTimeout($hash));
-        $delay = $data->{SilentClosure} if defined $data->{SilentClosure} && 	looks_like_number($data->{SilentClosure});
-        resetRegIntTimer( 'testmode_end', time + $delay, \&RHASSPY_testmode_timeout, $hash ); #Beta-User: needs different timeout function
+        $delay = $data->{SilentClosure}    if  defined $data->{SilentClosure} && looks_like_number($data->{SilentClosure});
+        $delay = $data->{reopenVoiceInput} if !defined $data->{SilentClosure} && defined $data->{reopenVoiceInput} && looks_like_number($data->{reopenVoiceInput} && $data->{reopenVoiceInput} > 0);
+        #Beta-User: timeout function needs review, esp. in case if we store any session data
+        resetRegIntTimer( 'testmode_end', time + $delay, \&RHASSPY_reopenVoiceInput_timeout, $hash );
     }
 
     my $secondAudio = ReadingsVal($name, "siteId2doubleSpeak_$data->{siteId}",undef) // return [$name];