Update app.py

app.py

@@ -17,8 +17,12 @@ headers = {
 
 def query(filename):
     with open(filename, "rb") as f:
-        data = f.read()
-    response = requests.post(API_URL, headers=headers, data=data)
+        data = f.read
+    try:
+        response = requests.post(API_URL, headers=headers, data=data)
+    except:
+        st.write('Whisper Voice Speech to Text Model is asleep. Starting up now on T4 - please give 3 minutes then retry as KEDA scales up from zero to activate running container(s).')
+
     return response.json()
 
 def generate_filename(prompt, file_type):