Merge pull request #3666 from pipecat-ai/mb/deepgram-stt-smart-format

DeepgramSTTService: disable smart_format by default
2026-02-06 14:04:37 -05:00
parent d7b1624d3c 7f65204c3b
commit 8d37d3bae7
2 changed files with 2 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/changelog/3666.changed.md
+++ b/changelog/3666.changed.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Changed the `DeepgramSTTService` default setting for `smart_format` to `False`, as agents don't need smart formatting. Disabling this setting provides a small performance improvement, as well.
--- a/src/pipecat/services/deepgram/stt.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/deepgram/stt.py
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class DeepgramSTTService(STTService):
            model="nova-3-general",
            channels=1,
            interim_results=True,
-            smart_format=True,
+            smart_format=False,
            punctuate=True,
            profanity_filter=True,
            vad_events=False,
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				- Changed the `DeepgramSTTService` default setting for `smart_format` to `False`, as agents don't need smart formatting. Disabling this setting provides a small performance improvement, as well.