load local model if available else fallback to other model

app.py

@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@ from transformers import pipeline
 import gradio as gr
 import os
 
-#%%
-whisper = pipeline(model='/mnt/projects/whisper/WhisperANSP/Models/whisper-large-v2-atco2-asr-atcosim-ANSP-3h1m', task='automatic-speech-recognition')
+## Try to load a local model if available
+try:
+	whisper = pipeline(model='/mnt/projects/whisper/WhisperANSP/Models/whisper-large-v2-atco2-asr-atcosim-ANSP-3h1m', task='automatic-speech-recognition')
+except:
+	whisper = pipeline(model='jlvdoorn/whisper-large-v2-atco2-asr-atcosim')
 bert_atco_ner = pipeline(model='Jzuluaga/bert-base-ner-atc-en-atco2-1h')
 
 #%%