Update app.py

app.py

@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ system_prompt_text = (
 
 # Function to transcribe audio input
 def transcribe(audio):
+    if audio is None:
+        return None  # Handle case where audio input is None
+
     sr, y = audio
     # Convert to mono if stereo
     if y.ndim > 1:
@@ -72,7 +75,7 @@ def check_rand(inp, val):
     else:
         return gr.Slider(label="Seed", minimum=1, maximum=1111111111111111, value=int(val))
 
-with gr.Blocks() as app:  # Add auth here
+with gr.Blocks() as app:
     gr.HTML("""<center><h1 style='font-size:xx-large;'>PTT Chatbot</h1><br><h3>running on Huggingface Inference</h3><br><h7>EXPERIMENTAL</center>""")
     
     with gr.Row():
@@ -98,11 +101,9 @@ with gr.Blocks() as app:  # Add auth here
                     top_p = gr.Slider(label="Top-P", step=0.01, minimum=0.01, maximum=1.0, value=0.9)
                     rep_p = gr.Slider(label="Repetition Penalty", step=0.1, minimum=0.1, maximum=2.0, value=1.0)
 
-    hid1 = gr.Number(value=1, visible=False)
-
     def handle_chat(audio_input, chat_history, seed, temp, tokens, top_p, rep_p):
         user_message = transcribe(audio_input)  # Transcribe audio to text
-        if not user_message:  # Check for empty or error in recognition
+        if user_message is None or user_message == "":  # Check for empty or error in recognition
             return chat_history, "Sorry, I couldn't understand that."
 
         response_gen = chat_inf(user_message, chat_history, seed, temp, tokens, top_p, rep_p)