René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Sandboxed (MacOS) Batch transcription fails due to permission error accessing '/private/etc/apache2/mime.types'","articleBody":"Batch transcription works using the same code tested in the python console.\r\n\r\nWhen sandboxed, the Batch transcription process fails, as some underlying library tries to access \"/private/etc/apache2/mime.types\". \r\n\r\nTo prevent this permission error, the file needs to be accessed within the app environment (or an alternative option is needed to avoid the file, if possible).\r\n\r\n_Real-time transcription works in the sandboxed context._\r\n\r\nI first thought to store a local copy of the `mime.types` file and track down where Speechmatics is accessing it (to reroute the library to access the local version), but it is elusive and I suspect there is a better solution.\r\n\r\nIf there isn't a straightforward solution using the Speechmatics Python method, I'll plan to test with a lower-abstraction approach in python.\r\n\r\n**Batch transcription test:**\r\n\r\n```\r\nimport speechmatics\r\nfrom speechmatics.batch_client import BatchClient\r\n\r\nssl_context = ssl.create_default_context()\r\nssl_context.load_verify_locations(certifi.where())\r\n\r\nconf = speechmatics.models.BatchTranscriptionConfig(\r\n              language=LANGUAGE,\r\n              output_local=englishLocale if LANGUAGE == \"en\" else None,\r\n              operating_point=operatingPoint,\r\n            )\r\n\r\n          settings = speechmatics.models.ConnectionSettings(\r\n            url=\"https://asr.api.speechmatics.com/v2\",\r\n            auth_token=speechmaticsAPIkey,\r\n            ssl_context=ssl_context,\r\n          )\r\n\r\n          try:\r\n            with BatchClient(settings) as client:\r\n              job_id = client.submit_job(audio=audio_file, transcription_config=conf)\r\n              transcript = client.wait_for_completion(job_id, transcription_format='json-v2')\r\n```","author":{"url":"https://github.com/petiatil","@type":"Person","name":"petiatil"},"datePublished":"2023-12-13T01:17:12.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":2},"url":"https://github.com/81/speechmatics-python/issues/81"}