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+- ⚠️ Fixed `DeepgramSTTService` compatibility with deepgram-sdk 6.1.0. The SDK now requires explicit message objects for `send_keep_alive()`, `send_close_stream()`, and `send_finalize()`. The minimum deepgram-sdk version is now 6.1.0.