Added README contents to Gradio UI

app.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Optimised NeMo Parakeet-TDT streaming demo for CPU-only Hugging Face Spaces
 """
 
-import os, time, threading, queue, logging
+import os, time, threading, queue, logging, re
 import numpy as np
 import gradio as gr
 from scipy import signal
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ logger = logging.getLogger("asr_app")
 SR              = 16_000            # Model sample-rate
 CHUNK_SECONDS   = 4                 # seconds per inference window
 CHUNK_SAMPLES   = SR * CHUNK_SECONDS
+README_CONTENT  = ""
 
 # ────────────────────────────────────────────────
 # ASR Application
@@ -133,6 +134,12 @@ class ASRApp:
 # ────────────────────────────────────────────────
 # Gradio UI
 # ────────────────────────────────────────────────
+with open('README.md', 'r', encoding='utf-8') as file:
+    README_CONTENT = file.read()
+
+# Remove YAML frontmatter between the first pair of '---' lines
+README_CONTENT_without_YAML = re.sub(r'^---.*?---\s*', '', README_CONTENT, flags=re.DOTALL)
+
 asr_app = ASRApp()
 with gr.Blocks() as demo:
     mic = gr.Audio(
@@ -142,6 +149,8 @@ with gr.Blocks() as demo:
         label="Microphone",
     )
     out = gr.Textbox(label="Transcription")
+    gr.Markdown(README_CONTENT_without_YAML)
+    
     mic.stream(
         fn=asr_app.stream_fn,
         inputs=mic,