Amended model initialisation

app.py

@@ -2,15 +2,16 @@ import gradio as gr
 import whisper
 from pybraille import convertText
 
-
 # Translate speech to braille
+model = whisper.load_model('base')
+
+
 def speech_to_text(audio):
     """
 
     :param audio: Speech data
     :return: Transcript of speech data
     """
-    model = whisper.load_model('base')
 
     return model.transcribe(audio)