diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index 217836986..b88b50e36 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ rusqlite = { version = "0.37", features = ["bundled"] }
 tar = "0.4.44"
 flate2 = "1.0"
 sha2 = "0.10"
-transcribe-rs = { version = "0.3.8", features = ["whisper-cpp", "onnx"] }
+transcribe-rs = { version = "0.3.8", features = ["whisper-cpp", "onnx", "vad-silero"] }
 handy-keys = "0.2.4"
 ferrous-opencc = "0.2.3"
 clap = { version = "4", features = ["derive"] }
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ tauri-plugin-single-instance = "2.3.2"
 tauri-plugin-updater = "2.10.0"
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
-transcribe-rs = { version = "0.3.3", features = ["whisper-vulkan", "ort-directml"] }
+transcribe-rs = { version = "0.3.3", features = ["whisper-vulkan", "ort-directml", "vad-silero"] }
 windows = { version = "0.61.3", features = [
   "Win32_Media_Audio_Endpoints",
   "Win32_System_Com_StructuredStorage",
@@ -100,12 +100,12 @@ winreg = "0.55"
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "macos")'.dependencies]
 tauri-nspanel = { git = "https://github.com/ahkohd/tauri-nspanel", branch = "v2.1" }
-transcribe-rs = { version = "0.3.3", features = ["whisper-metal"] }
+transcribe-rs = { version = "0.3.3", features = ["whisper-metal", "vad-silero"] }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "linux")'.dependencies]
 gtk-layer-shell = { version = "0.8", features = ["v0_6"] }
 gtk = "0.18"
-transcribe-rs = { version = "0.3.3", features = ["whisper-vulkan"] }
+transcribe-rs = { version = "0.3.3", features = ["whisper-vulkan", "vad-silero"] }
 
 [patch.crates-io]
 tauri-runtime = { git = "https://github.com/cjpais/tauri.git", branch = "handy-2.10.2" }
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/managers/transcription.rs b/src-tauri/src/managers/transcription.rs
index 2ccd6af43..cc326454c 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/managers/transcription.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/managers/transcription.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ use transcribe_rs::{
         sense_voice::{SenseVoiceModel, SenseVoiceParams},
         Quantization,
     },
+    transcriber::{Transcriber, VadChunked, VadChunkedConfig},
+    vad::{SileroVad, SmoothedVad},
     whisper_cpp::{WhisperEngine, WhisperInferenceParams},
     SpeechModel, TranscribeOptions,
 };
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@ enum LoadedEngine {
     Moonshine(MoonshineModel),
     MoonshineStreaming(StreamingModel),
     SenseVoice(SenseVoiceModel),
-    GigaAM(GigaAMModel),
+    GigaAM(GigaAMModel, VadChunked),
     Canary(CanaryModel),
     Cohere(CohereModel),
 }
@@ -359,7 +361,27 @@ impl TranscriptionManager {
                     emit_loading_failed(&error_msg);
                     anyhow::anyhow!(error_msg)
                 })?;
-                LoadedEngine::GigaAM(engine)
+                // GigaAM-v3 was trained on ≤25-30s segments; longer audio breaks
+                // the model. Wrap inference in a VadChunked so the model only
+                // sees short chunks. See `build_longform_chunker` below.
+                let vad_path = self
+                    .app_handle
+                    .path()
+                    .resolve(
+                        "resources/models/silero_vad_v4.onnx",
+                        tauri::path::BaseDirectory::Resource,
+                    )
+                    .map_err(|e| {
+                        let error_msg = format!("Failed to resolve Silero VAD path: {}", e);
+                        emit_loading_failed(&error_msg);
+                        anyhow::anyhow!(error_msg)
+                    })?;
+                let chunker = build_longform_chunker(&vad_path).map_err(|e| {
+                    let error_msg = format!("Failed to build longform chunker: {}", e);
+                    emit_loading_failed(&error_msg);
+                    anyhow::anyhow!(e)
+                })?;
+                LoadedEngine::GigaAM(engine, chunker)
             }
             EngineType::Canary => {
                 let engine = CanaryModel::load(&model_path, &Quantization::Int8).map_err(|e| {
@@ -593,8 +615,8 @@ impl TranscriptionManager {
                                     anyhow::anyhow!("SenseVoice transcription failed: {}", e)
                                 })
                         }
-                        LoadedEngine::GigaAM(gigaam_engine) => gigaam_engine
-                            .transcribe(&audio, &TranscribeOptions::default())
+                        LoadedEngine::GigaAM(gigaam_engine, chunker) => chunker
+                            .transcribe(gigaam_engine, &audio)
                             .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("GigaAM transcription failed: {}", e)),
                         LoadedEngine::Canary(canary_engine) => {
                             let lang = if validated_language == "auto" {
@@ -733,6 +755,37 @@ impl TranscriptionManager {
     }
 }
 
+/// Build a `VadChunked` chunker tuned for long-form ASR.
+///
+/// Targets CTC models trained on short segments (≤25-30s) — currently only
+/// GigaAM-v3 in Handy, but other models with the same limitation can reuse
+/// this same builder. If parameters need to differ between models, promote
+/// the hardcoded values to function arguments.
+///
+/// Algorithm reference: Sber's `segment_audio_file` in
+/// <https://github.com/salute-developers/GigaAM/blob/main/gigaam/vad_utils.py>.
+fn build_longform_chunker(vad_path: &std::path::Path) -> Result<VadChunked, anyhow::Error> {
+    let silero = SileroVad::new(vad_path, 0.3)
+        .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("Failed to load Silero VAD for longform chunker: {}", e))?;
+    // SmoothedVad: prefill=15 (450ms history before onset, recovers attack of
+    // first word), hangover=30 (900ms patience after speech ends — emulates
+    // Sber's greedy packing of pyannote segments separated by short pauses),
+    // onset=2 (60ms of consecutive speech required to confirm onset).
+    let smoothed = SmoothedVad::new(Box::new(silero), 15, 30, 2);
+    let config = VadChunkedConfig {
+        min_chunk_secs: 0.2,                // = Sber's `new_chunk_threshold`
+        max_chunk_secs: 30.0,               // = Sber's `strict_limit_duration`
+        padding_secs: 0.0,                  // Sber pipeline does not pad; CTC tolerates raw edges
+        smart_split_search_secs: Some(3.0), // upgrade over Sber's uniform-time split
+        merge_separator: " ".into(),
+    };
+    Ok(VadChunked::new(
+        Box::new(smoothed),
+        config,
+        TranscribeOptions::default(),
+    ))
+}
+
 /// Apply the user's accelerator preferences to the transcribe-rs global atomics.
 /// Called on startup and whenever the user changes the setting.
 pub fn apply_accelerator_settings(app: &tauri::AppHandle) {