Merge pull request #3697 from pipecat-ai/mb/soniox-rt-4

Update SonioxSTTService default model to stt-rt-v4

src/pipecat/services/soniox/stt.py

@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class SonioxInputParams(BaseModel):
         client_reference_id: Client reference ID to use for transcription.
     """
 
-    model: str = "stt-rt-preview"
+    model: str = "stt-rt-v4"
 
     audio_format: Optional[str] = "pcm_s16le"
     num_channels: Optional[int] = 1
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ class SonioxSTTService(WebsocketSTTService):
         url: str = "wss://stt-rt.soniox.com/transcribe-websocket",
         sample_rate: Optional[int] = None,
         params: Optional[SonioxInputParams] = None,
-        vad_force_turn_endpoint: bool = False,
+        vad_force_turn_endpoint: bool = True,
         ttfs_p99_latency: Optional[float] = SONIOX_TTFS_P99,
         **kwargs,
     ):
@@ -164,7 +164,8 @@ class SonioxSTTService(WebsocketSTTService):
             sample_rate: Audio sample rate.
             params: Additional configuration parameters, such as language hints, context and
                 speaker diarization.
-            vad_force_turn_endpoint: Listen to `VADUserStoppedSpeakingFrame` to send finalize message to Soniox. If disabled, Soniox will detect the end of the speech.
+            vad_force_turn_endpoint: Listen to `VADUserStoppedSpeakingFrame` to send finalize message to Soniox.
+                If disabled, Soniox will detect the end of the speech. Defaults to True.
             ttfs_p99_latency: P99 latency from speech end to final transcript in seconds.
                 Override for your deployment. See https://github.com/pipecat-ai/stt-benchmark
             **kwargs: Additional arguments passed to the STTService.