Update app.py

app.py

@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ def transcribe_audio(audio_file):
 
 # Function to generate TTS audio URL (Google Translate API for Tamil Voice)
 def get_tts_audio_url(text, lang="ta"):
-    safe_text = text.replace(" ", "+")
+    # URL encode the text to ensure special characters are handled
+    safe_text = urllib.parse.quote(text)
     return f"https://translate.google.com/translate_tts?ie=UTF-8&q={safe_text}&tl={lang}&client=tw-ob"
 
 # Function to retrieve a relevant response from the Q&A dataset using SentenceTransformer
@@ -79,9 +80,9 @@ def chatbot(audio, message, history, system_message, max_tokens, temperature, to
 demo = gr.Interface(
     fn=chatbot,
     inputs=[
-        gr.Audio(type="numpy", label="Speak to the Bot",recording=True),
+        gr.Audio(source="microphone", type="file", label="Speak to the Bot"),  # Adjusted for microphone input
         gr.Textbox(value="How can I help you?", label="Text Input (optional)"),
-        gr.State(),
+        gr.State(),  # Use this for tracking conversation state if necessary
         gr.Textbox(value="You are a friendly chatbot.", label="System message"),
         gr.Slider(minimum=1, maximum=2048, value=512, step=1, label="Max new tokens"),
         gr.Slider(minimum=0.1, maximum=4.0, value=0.7, step=0.1, label="Temperature"),