Update app.py

app.py

@@ -68,7 +68,10 @@ def process_pdf(file):
     finally:
         os.remove(temp_pdf_path)
 
-    return text
+    with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix=".txt", delete=False) as temp_txt:
+      temp_txt.write(text.encode("utf-8"))
+      temp_txt_path = temp_txt.name
+    return temp_txt_path
 
 
 # Function to generate thumbnail from PDF
@@ -185,8 +188,7 @@ elif selection == "PDF Transcriber":
                 st.success("Text extraction complete!")
                 st.text_area("Extracted Text", open(output_file).read(), height=400)
                 output_file_name = generate_unique_filename(uploaded_file.name, "(T)", ".txt")
-                with open(output_file, "rb") as f:
-                     download_file(output_file, output_file_name, "text/plain")
+                download_file(output_file, output_file_name, "text/plain")
                 os.remove(output_file)
             else:
                 st.error("Could not process the PDF, please try again")