Update app.py

app.py

@@ -26,26 +26,11 @@ model = genai.GenerativeModel(
 chat_session = model.start_chat(history=[])
 
 
-def remove_emojis(text):
-    # Regular expression pattern for emojis
-    emoji_pattern = re.compile(
-        # Emoji patterns
-        "["
-        "\U0001F600-\U0001F64F"  # Emoticons
-        "\U0001F300-\U0001F5FF"  # Symbols & Pictographs
-        "\U0001F680-\U0001F6FF"  # Transport & Map Symbols
-        "\U0001F700-\U0001F77F"  # Alchemical Symbols
-        "\U0001F780-\U0001F7FF"  # Geometric Shapes Extended
-        "\U0001F800-\U0001F8FF"  # Supplemental Arrows-C
-        "\U0001F900-\U0001F9FF"  # Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs
-        "\U0001FA00-\U0001FA6F"  # Chess Symbols
-        "\U0001FA70-\U0001FAFF"  # Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A
-        "\U00002702-\U000027B0"  # Dingbats
-        "\U000024C2-\U0001F251"  # Enclosed Characters
-        "]+", flags=re.UNICODE)
-    
-    # Substitute emojis with an empty string
-    return emoji_pattern.sub(r'', text)
+def filter_string(input_string):
+    allowed_chars = set("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ ?")
+    # Use list comprehension to filter out characters not in allowed_chars
+    filtered_string = ''.join([char for char in input_string if char in allowed_chars])
+    return filtered_string
 
 
 # Define the model with a placeholder for system instruction
@@ -64,7 +49,7 @@ def generate_text(system_instruction, prompt):
     }
                                         )
     
-    return remove_emojis(response.text)
+    return filter_string(response.text)
 
 # Gradio interface
 iface = gr.Interface(