exception when translation and no nllw

2026-03-21 16:40:35 +00:00 · 2025-10-30 23:30:19 +01:00
parent ece02db6a3
commit 06b31f51eb
1 changed files with 4 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/whisperlivekit/core.py
+++ b/whisperlivekit/core.py
@@ -141,7 +141,10 @@ class TranscriptionEngine:
            if self.args.lan == 'auto' and self.args.backend != "simulstreaming":
                raise Exception('Translation cannot be set with language auto when transcription backend is not simulstreaming')
            else:
-                from nllw import load_model
+                try:
+                    from nllw import load_model
+                except:
+                    raise Exception('To use translation, you must install nllw: `pip install nllw`')
                translation_params = { 
                    "nllb_backend": "transformers",
                    "nllb_size": "600M"