Update app.py

app.py

@@ -3,9 +3,17 @@ from api import get_news, NewsRequest
 from utils import text_to_speech
 import time
 import base64
-
 import nltk
-nltk.download('punkt')
+import os
+
+# Make sure nltk knows where to store and search for data
+nltk_data_dir = "/home/user/nltk_data"
+os.environ["NLTK_DATA"] = nltk_data_dir
+nltk.data.path.append(nltk_data_dir)
+
+# Download punkt if not already present (won't redownload if present)
+if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(nltk_data_dir, "tokenizers/punkt")):
+    nltk.download("punkt", download_dir=nltk_data_dir)
 
 # Function to play audio automatically
 def autoplay_audio(file_path):
@@ -64,17 +72,11 @@ def main():
             </div>
         """, unsafe_allow_html=True)
 
-        # all_headlines = ". ".join([article['title'] for article in articles])
-        # audio_file = text_to_speech(all_headlines)
-        # if audio_file:
-        #     autoplay_audio(audio_file)
-        # Generate numbered headlines for audio
         all_headlines = ". ".join([f"{idx + 1}. {article['title']}" for idx, article in enumerate(articles)])
         audio_file = text_to_speech(all_headlines)
         if audio_file:
             autoplay_audio(audio_file)
 
-
         st.write("## Latest News Articles")
 
         for idx, article in enumerate(articles, start=1):