v6.2.3

Wei-Shaw/sub2apiv6.2.3Sep 23, 2026by adamnsandle

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AI Summary

This release makes the `torchaudio` dependency optional, reducing the base installation requirements to just `torch`. Users requiring audio I/O functionality must now install backends like `torchaudio` or `torchcodec` explicitly via extras.

Key Highlights

  • Made `torchaudio` optional; only `torch` is required.
  • Audio I/O backends (`torchaudio`/`torchcodec`) can be installed via extras (`[audio]`, `[codec]`).
  • Fixed import error when `onnxruntime` is not installed by lazy loading the sequence path.
  • Added support for manual audio loading without requiring an audio backend.

New Features

  • Added `torchcodec` as an alternative audio I/O backend.
  • Lazy import of sequence path to fix import errors.
  • Updated extras to include `numpy` for ONNX variants.

Full Release Notes

torchaudio is now an optional dependency instead of required. Only torch is required — the model itself never used torchaudio, only the `read_audio` / `save_audio` helpers did.

Users who need audio I/O must now install a backend explicitly:

- `pip install silero-vad[audio]` (torchaudio)
- `pip install silero-vad[codec]` (torchcodec)
- `pip install silero-vad[all]` (everything)

Key changes:

- `read_audio` / `save_audio` now work with either torchaudio or torchcodec; with neither installed they raise an error naming the extra to install
- Fixed: `import silero_vad` failed when onnxruntime was not installed — the sequence path is now imported lazily
- numpy is now declared in [onnx-cpu] / [onnx-gpu]

If you load audio yourself, no backend is needed at all:

```python3
from silero_vad import load_silero_vad, get_speech_timestamps

model = load_silero_vad()
audio = ...                                      # 1-D float32 torch.Tensor from any source
ts = get_speech_timestamps(audio, model, return_seconds=True)
```

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