Update app.py

app.py

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import os
 import re
 from pathlib import Path
 from pydub import AudioSegment
+from pydub.silence import strip_silence
 
 def get_silence(duration_ms=1000):
     # Create silent audio segment with specified parameters
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ async def generate_audio_with_voice_prefix(text_segment, default_voice, rate, pi
     voice4_full = "en-GB-ThomasNeural - en-GB (Male)"
     voice4_short = voice4_full.split(" - ")[0]
     voice4F_full ="en-US-EmmaNeural - en-US (Female)"
-    voice4F_short = voice4_full.split(" - ")[0]
+    voice4F_short = voice4F_full.split(" - ")[0]
     voice5_full = "en-GB-RyanNeural - en-GB (Male)" #Old Man
     voice5_short = voice5_full.split(" - ")[0]
     voice6_full = "en-GB-MaisieNeural - en-GB (Female)"  #Child
@@ -211,6 +212,8 @@ async def transcript_to_speech(transcript_text, voice, rate, pitch):
             for path in audio_paths:
                 try:
                     audio = AudioSegment.from_mp3(path)
+                    # Remove silence before and after the audio
+                    audio = strip_silence(audio, silence_thresh=-40, min_silence_len=100)
                     combined_line_audio += audio
                     os.remove(path)
                 except FileNotFoundError:
@@ -239,6 +242,8 @@ async def transcript_to_speech(transcript_text, voice, rate, pitch):
                             for next_path in next_audio_paths:
                                 try:
                                     next_audio = AudioSegment.from_mp3(next_path)
+                                     # Remove silence before and after the audio
+                                    next_audio = strip_silence(next_audio, silence_thresh=-40, min_silence_len=100)
                                     combined_line_audio += next_audio
                                     os.remove(next_path)
                                 except FileNotFoundError: