From facc280599aef59a1abc290fda022c706330c09f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vaibhav159 <vlodha98@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 17:47:50 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fixing [#868] bug where deepgram client fails due to langauge

---
 src/pipecat/services/deepgram.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/deepgram.py b/src/pipecat/services/deepgram.py
index 6578f2873..48193388d 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/deepgram.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/deepgram.py
@@ -138,6 +138,9 @@ class DeepgramSTTService(STTService):
         merged_options = default_options
         if live_options:
             merged_options = LiveOptions(**{**default_options.to_dict(), **live_options.to_dict()})
+
+        # deepgram connection requires language to be a string
+        merged_options.language = merged_options.language.value
         self._settings = merged_options.to_dict()
 
         self._client = DeepgramClient(