Update handler.py

handler.py

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 from typing import Dict
-from faster_whisper import WhisperModel, Streaming
+from faster_whisper import WhisperModel
 import io
-import re
 
 class EndpointHandler:
     def __init__(self, model_dir=None):
@@ -17,14 +16,11 @@ class EndpointHandler:
         # Convert bytes to a file-like object
         audio_file = io.BytesIO(audio_bytes)
         
-        # Enable VAD and perform transcription using the model with a reduced beam size
-        streaming = Streaming(device="cuda", compute_type="float16", vad=True)
-        segments, info = streaming.transcribe(audio_file, beam_size=1)
+        # Perform transcription using the model
+        segments, info = self.model.transcribe(audio_file)
         
         # Compile the results into a text string and extract language information
-        # Strip leading and trailing whitespace and replace multiple spaces with a single space
-        text = " ".join(segment.text.strip() for segment in segments)
-        text = re.sub(' +', ' ', text)
+        text = " ".join(segment.text for segment in segments)
         language_code = info.language
         language_prob = info.language_probability