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+#Settings for GPU Use with voice_activity_detection
+ASR_ENGINE=faster_whisper
+ASR_MODEL=small
+# ASR_MODEL_PATH will keep model on persistent cache if specified
+ASR_MODEL_PATH=/data/whisper
+ASR_DEVICE=cuda
+ASR_QUANTIZATION=float32
+