# Import the base64 encoding library.importbase64# Pass the audio data to an encoding function.defencode_audio(audio):audio_content=audio.read()returnbase64.b64encode(audio_content)
// Import the Base64 encoding library.importorg.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64;// Encode the speech.byte[]encodedAudio=Base64.encodeBase64(audio.getBytes());
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