Update app.py

app.py

@@ -169,11 +169,21 @@ async def generate_audio_with_voice_prefix(text_segment, default_voice, rate, pi
         rate_str = f"{current_rate:+d}%"
         pitch_str = f"{current_pitch:+d}Hz"
         communicate = edge_tts.Communicate(processed_text, current_voice_short, rate=rate_str, pitch=pitch_str)
-        communicate = strip_silence(communicate, silence_thresh=-40, min_silence_len=100)
         with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False, suffix=".mp3") as tmp_file:
             audio_path = tmp_file.name
             await communicate.save(audio_path)
-        return audio_path
+ 
+        # Load the audio from file
+        audio = AudioSegment.from_mp3(audio_path)
+    
+        # Strip silence at start and end
+        audio = strip_silence(audio, silence_thresh=-40, min_silence_len=100)
+    
+        # Save the stripped version back to file
+        stripped_path = tempfile.mktemp(suffix=".mp3")
+        audio.export(stripped_path, format="mp3")
+    
+        return stripped_path
     return None
 
 async def process_transcript_line(line, default_voice, rate, pitch):