First commit

app.py

@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ import textwrap
 import uuid
 from typing import List, Dict, Tuple, Generator
 
+# Make sure Gradio analytics is off (so we don't need pandas 2.x)
+os.environ.setdefault("GRADIO_ANALYTICS_ENABLED", "False")
+
 # --- Load .env early (for HF_TOKEN / SECRET_TOKEN) ---
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
 load_dotenv()
@@ -188,7 +191,11 @@ def generate_text_stream(llm_instance: Llama, prompt: str,
     for response in stream:
         ch = response["choices"][0]["text"]
         # Guard against control tokens & isolated emoji artefacts
-        if "<|user|>" in ch or (len(ch) == 1 and emoji.is_emoji(ch)):
+        try:
+            is_single_emoji = (len(ch) == 1 and emoji.is_emoji(ch))  # emoji>=2.x
+        except Exception:
+            is_single_emoji = False
+        if "<|user|>" in ch or is_single_emoji:
             continue
         yield ch
 
@@ -212,7 +219,7 @@ def generate_audio_stream(tts_instance: Xtts, text: str, language: str,
             gr.Warning("Critical GPU error. Attempting to restart the Space...")
             try:
                 api.restart_space(repo_id=repo_id)
-            except Exception as _:
+            except Exception:
                 pass
 
 # ===================================================================================
@@ -312,7 +319,9 @@ demo = gr.Interface(
     title="AI Storyteller with ZeroGPU",
     description="Enter a prompt to generate a short story with voice narration using on-demand GPU.",
     allow_flagging="never",
+    analytics_enabled=False,  # <- keep analytics off to avoid pandas 2.x requirement
 )
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    demo.queue().launch()
+    # For Spaces or Docker, these defaults are handy; adjust as needed.
+    demo.queue().launch(server_name="0.0.0.0", server_port=int(os.getenv("PORT", "7860")))

requirements.txt

@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ huggingface-hub>=0.19
 python-dotenv
 spaces
 requests
-numpy
-pandas<2.0,>=1.4
+numpy==1.26.4
+pandas==1.5.3
 
-# TTS
+# TTS (legacy)
 TTS @ git+https://github.com/coqui-ai/TTS@v0.22.0
 pydantic==2.5.3
 
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ ffmpeg-python
 
 # Japanese Text (optional)
 mecab-python3==1.0.9
-unidic-lite==1.0.8
+unidic-lite==1.0.8