diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/build_tests.yml
index 8ba9652..2e4825e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_tests.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v1
         with:
-          python-version: 3.14
+          python-version: 3.11
       - name: Install Build Tools
         run: |
           python -m pip install build wheel
diff --git a/.github/workflows/conventional-label.yaml b/.github/workflows/conventional-label.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a449cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/conventional-label.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# auto add labels to PRs
+on:
+  pull_request_target:
+    types: [ opened, edited ]
+name: conventional-release-labels
+jobs:
+  label:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: bcoe/conventional-release-labels@v1
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/dev2master.yml b/.github/workflows/dev2master.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index cc76fee..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/dev2master.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-# This workflow will generate a distribution and upload it to PyPI
-
-name: Push dev -> master
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  build_and_publish:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0 # otherwise, there would be errors pushing refs to the destination repository.
-          ref: dev
-      - name: Push dev -> master
-        uses: ad-m/github-push-action@master
-
-        with:
-          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          branch: master
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/license_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/license_tests.yml
index 8e5e006..8733cba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/license_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/license_tests.yml
@@ -1,44 +1,12 @@
 name: Run License Tests
 on:
   push:
-    branches:
-      - master
+  workflow_dispatch:
   pull_request:
     branches:
-      - dev
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
+      - master
 jobs:
   license_tests:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v1
-        with:
-          python-version: 3.14
-      - name: Install Build Tools
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install build wheel
-      - name: Install System Dependencies
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt install python3-dev swig libssl-dev libfann-dev portaudio19-dev libpulse-dev
-      - name: Install core repo
-        run: |
-          pip install .[audio-backend,mark1,stt,tts,skills,gui,bus,PHAL,all]
-      - name: Get explicit and transitive dependencies
-        run: |
-          pip freeze > requirements-all.txt
-      - name: Check python
-        id: license_check_report
-        uses: pilosus/action-pip-license-checker@v0.5.0
-        with:
-          requirements: 'requirements-all.txt'
-          fail: 'Copyleft,Other,Error'
-          fails-only: true
-          exclude: '^(ovos-audio-transformer-plugin-speechbrain-langdetect).*'
-          exclude-license: '^(Mozilla).*$'
-      - name: Print report
-        if: ${{ always() }}
-        run: echo "${{ steps.license_check_report.outputs.report }}"
\ No newline at end of file
+    uses: neongeckocom/.github/.github/workflows/license_tests.yml@master
+    with:
+      packages-exclude: '^(tqdm|bs4|gradio|bitstruct|attrs|referencing).*'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_alpha.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_alpha.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index ce12728..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_alpha.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-# This workflow will generate a distribution and upload it to PyPI
-
-name: Publish Alpha Build ...aX
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - dev
-    paths-ignore:
-      - 'ovos_audio_transformer_plugin_speechbrain_langdetect/version.py'
-      - 'test/**'
-      - 'examples/**'
-      - '.github/**'
-      - '.gitignore'
-      - 'LICENSE'
-      - 'CHANGELOG.md'
-      - 'MANIFEST.in'
-      - 'README.md'
-      - 'scripts/**'
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  build_and_publish:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          ref: dev
-          fetch-depth: 0 # otherwise, there would be errors pushing refs to the destination repository.
-      - name: Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v1
-        with:
-          python-version: 3.14
-      - name: Install Build Tools
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install build wheel
-      - name: Increment Version
-        run: |
-          VER=$(python setup.py --version)
-          python scripts/bump_alpha.py
-      - name: "Generate release changelog"
-        uses: heinrichreimer/github-changelog-generator-action@v2.3
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        id: changelog
-      - name: Commit to dev
-        uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v4
-        with:
-          commit_message: Increment Version
-          branch: dev
-      - name: version
-        run: echo "::set-output name=version::$(python setup.py --version)"
-        id: version
-      - name: Create Release
-        id: create_release
-        uses: actions/create-release@v1
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # This token is provided by Actions, you do not need to create your own token
-        with:
-          tag_name: V${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
-          release_name: Release ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
-          body: |
-            Changes in this Release
-            ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.changelog }}
-          draft: false
-          prerelease: true
-      - name: Build Distribution Packages
-        run: |
-          python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
-      - name: Publish to Test PyPI
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@master
-        with:
-          password: ${{secrets.PYPI_TOKEN}}
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_build.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_build.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 511c789..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_build.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-# This workflow will generate a distribution and upload it to PyPI
-
-name: Publish Build Release ..X
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  build_and_publish:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          ref: dev
-          fetch-depth: 0 # otherwise, there would be errors pushing refs to the destination repository.
-      - name: Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v1
-        with:
-          python-version: 3.14
-      - name: Install Build Tools
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install build wheel
-      - name: Remove alpha (declare stable)
-        run: |
-          VER=$(python setup.py --version)
-          python scripts/remove_alpha.py
-      - name: "Generate release changelog"
-        uses: heinrichreimer/github-changelog-generator-action@v2.3
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        id: changelog
-      - name: Commit to dev
-        uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v4
-        with:
-          commit_message: Declare alpha stable
-          branch: dev
-      - name: Push dev -> master
-        uses: ad-m/github-push-action@master
-        with:
-          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          branch: master
-          force: true
-      - name: version
-        run: echo "::set-output name=version::$(python setup.py --version)"
-        id: version
-      - name: Create Release
-        id: create_release
-        uses: actions/create-release@v1
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # This token is provided by Actions, you do not need to create your own token
-        with:
-          tag_name: V${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
-          release_name: Release ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
-          body: |
-            Changes in this Release
-            ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.changelog }}
-          draft: false
-          prerelease: false
-      - name: Build Distribution Packages
-        run: |
-          python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
-      - name: Prepare next Build version
-        run: echo "::set-output name=version::$(python setup.py --version)"
-        id: alpha
-      - name: Increment Version ${{ steps.alpha.outputs.version }}Alpha0
-        run: |
-          VER=$(python setup.py --version)
-          python scripts/bump_build.py
-      - name: Commit to dev
-        uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v4
-        with:
-          commit_message: Prepare Next Version
-          branch: dev
-      - name: Publish to Test PyPI
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@master
-        with:
-          password: ${{secrets.PYPI_TOKEN}}
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_major.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_major.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 022166c..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_major.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-# This workflow will generate a distribution and upload it to PyPI
-
-name: Publish Major Release X.0.0
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  build_and_publish:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          ref: dev
-          fetch-depth: 0 # otherwise, there would be errors pushing refs to the destination repository.
-      - name: Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v1
-        with:
-          python-version: 3.14
-      - name: Install Build Tools
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install build wheel
-      - name: Remove alpha (declare stable)
-        run: |
-          VER=$(python setup.py --version)
-          python scripts/remove_alpha.py
-      - name: "Generate release changelog"
-        uses: heinrichreimer/github-changelog-generator-action@v2.3
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        id: changelog
-      - name: Commit to dev
-        uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v4
-        with:
-          commit_message: Declare alpha stable
-          branch: dev
-      - name: Push dev -> master
-        uses: ad-m/github-push-action@master
-        with:
-          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          branch: master
-          force: true
-      - name: version
-        run: echo "::set-output name=version::$(python setup.py --version)"
-        id: version
-      - name: Create Release
-        id: create_release
-        uses: actions/create-release@v1
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # This token is provided by Actions, you do not need to create your own token
-        with:
-          tag_name: V${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
-          release_name: Release ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
-          body: |
-            Changes in this Release
-            ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.changelog }}
-          draft: false
-          prerelease: false
-      - name: Build Distribution Packages
-        run: |
-          python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
-      - name: Prepare next Major version
-        run: echo "::set-output name=version::$(python setup.py --version)"
-        id: alpha
-      - name: Increment Version ${{ steps.alpha.outputs.version }}Alpha0
-        run: |
-          VER=$(python setup.py --version)
-          python scripts/bump_major.py
-      - name: Commit to dev
-        uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v4
-        with:
-          commit_message: Prepare Next Version
-          branch: dev
-      - name: Publish to Test PyPI
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@master
-        with:
-          password: ${{secrets.PYPI_TOKEN}}
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_minor.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_minor.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index a27b79e..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_minor.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-# This workflow will generate a distribution and upload it to PyPI
-
-name: Publish Minor Release .X.0
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  build_and_publish:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          ref: dev
-          fetch-depth: 0 # otherwise, there would be errors pushing refs to the destination repository.
-      - name: Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v1
-        with:
-          python-version: 3.14
-      - name: Install Build Tools
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install build wheel
-      - name: Remove alpha (declare stable)
-        run: |
-          VER=$(python setup.py --version)
-          python scripts/remove_alpha.py
-      - name: "Generate release changelog"
-        uses: heinrichreimer/github-changelog-generator-action@v2.3
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        id: changelog
-      - name: Commit to dev
-        uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v4
-        with:
-          commit_message: Declare alpha stable
-          branch: dev
-      - name: Push dev -> master
-        uses: ad-m/github-push-action@master
-        with:
-          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          branch: master
-          force: true
-      - name: version
-        run: echo "::set-output name=version::$(python setup.py --version)"
-        id: version
-      - name: Create Release
-        id: create_release
-        uses: actions/create-release@v1
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # This token is provided by Actions, you do not need to create your own token
-        with:
-          tag_name: V${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
-          release_name: Release ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
-          body: |
-            Changes in this Release
-            ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.changelog }}
-          draft: false
-          prerelease: false
-      - name: Build Distribution Packages
-        run: |
-          python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
-      - name: Prepare next Minor version
-        run: echo "::set-output name=version::$(python setup.py --version)"
-        id: alpha
-      - name: Increment Version ${{ steps.alpha.outputs.version }}Alpha0
-        run: |
-          VER=$(python setup.py --version)
-          python scripts/bump_minor.py
-      - name: Commit to dev
-        uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v4
-        with:
-          commit_message: Prepare Next Version
-          branch: dev
-      - name: Publish to Test PyPI
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@master
-        with:
-          password: ${{secrets.PYPI_TOKEN}}
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_stable.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_stable.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..32d2a7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_stable.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+name: Stable Release
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [master]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  publish_stable:
+    uses: TigreGotico/gh-automations/.github/workflows/publish-stable.yml@master
+    secrets: inherit
+    with:
+      branch: 'master'
+      version_file: 'ovos_audio_transformer_plugin_speechbrain_langdetect/version.py'
+      setup_py: 'setup.py'
+      publish_release: true
+
+  publish_pypi:
+    needs: publish_stable
+    if: success()  # Ensure this job only runs if the previous job succeeds
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          ref: master
+          fetch-depth: 0 # otherwise, there would be errors pushing refs to the destination repository.
+      - name: Setup Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.11"
+      - name: Install Build Tools
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install build wheel
+      - name: version
+        run: echo "::set-output name=version::$(python setup.py --version)"
+        id: version
+      - name: Build Distribution Packages
+        run: |
+          python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+      - name: Publish to PyPI
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@master
+        with:
+          password: ${{secrets.PYPI_TOKEN}}
+
+
+  sync_dev:
+    needs: publish_stable
+    if: success()  # Ensure this job only runs if the previous job succeeds
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0 # otherwise, there would be errors pushing refs to the destination repository.
+          ref: master
+      - name: Push master -> dev
+        uses: ad-m/github-push-action@master
+        with:
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          branch: dev
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/release_workflow.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c0483cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_workflow.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+name: Release Alpha and Propose Stable
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [closed]
+    branches: [dev]
+
+jobs:
+  publish_alpha:
+    uses: TigreGotico/gh-automations/.github/workflows/publish-alpha.yml@master
+    secrets: inherit
+    with:
+      branch: 'dev'
+      version_file: 'ovos_audio_transformer_plugin_speechbrain_langdetect/version.py'
+      setup_py: 'setup.py'
+      update_changelog: true
+      publish_prerelease: true
+      changelog_max_issues: 100
+
+  notify:
+    if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true
+    needs: publish_alpha
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - name: Send message to Matrix bots channel
+        id: matrix-chat-message
+        uses: fadenb/matrix-chat-message@v0.0.6
+        with:
+          homeserver: 'matrix.org'
+          token: ${{ secrets.MATRIX_TOKEN }}
+          channel: '!WjxEKjjINpyBRPFgxl:krbel.duckdns.org'
+          message: |
+            new ${{ github.event.repository.name }} PR merged! https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/pull/${{ github.event.number }}
+
+  publish_pypi:
+    needs: publish_alpha
+    if: success()  # Ensure this job only runs if the previous job succeeds
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          ref: dev
+          fetch-depth: 0 # otherwise, there would be errors pushing refs to the destination repository.
+      - name: Setup Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.11"
+      - name: Install Build Tools
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install build wheel
+      - name: version
+        run: echo "::set-output name=version::$(python setup.py --version)"
+        id: version
+      - name: Build Distribution Packages
+        run: |
+          python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+      - name: Publish to PyPI
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@master
+        with:
+          password: ${{secrets.PYPI_TOKEN}}
+
+
+  propose_release:
+    needs: publish_alpha
+    if: success()  # Ensure this job only runs if the previous job succeeds
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout dev branch
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          ref: dev
+
+      - name: Setup Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.11"
+
+      - name: Get version from setup.py
+        id: get_version
+        run: |
+          VERSION=$(python setup.py --version)
+          echo "VERSION=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Create and push new branch
+        run: |
+          git checkout -b release-${{ env.VERSION }}
+          git push origin release-${{ env.VERSION }}
+
+      - name: Open Pull Request from dev to master
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          # Variables
+          BRANCH_NAME="release-${{ env.VERSION }}"
+          BASE_BRANCH="master"
+          HEAD_BRANCH="release-${{ env.VERSION }}"
+          PR_TITLE="Release ${{ env.VERSION }}"
+          PR_BODY="Human review requested!"
+
+          # Create a PR using GitHub API
+          curl -X POST \
+            -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+            -H "Authorization: token $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
+            -d "{\"title\":\"$PR_TITLE\",\"body\":\"$PR_BODY\",\"head\":\"$HEAD_BRANCH\",\"base\":\"$BASE_BRANCH\"}" \
+            https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/pulls
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
index f87d5cb..2fa42bf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
@@ -1,66 +1,14 @@
-name: Run UnitTests
+# This workflow will run unit tests
+
+name: Run Unit Tests
 on:
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - dev
-    paths-ignore:
-      - 'ovos_audio_transformer_plugin_speechbrain_langdetect/version.py'
-      - 'requirements/**'
-      - 'examples/**'
-      - '.github/**'
-      - '.gitignore'
-      - 'LICENSE'
-      - 'CHANGELOG.md'
-      - 'MANIFEST.in'
-      - 'README.md'
-      - 'scripts/**'
   push:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  pull_request:
     branches:
       - master
-    paths-ignore:
-      - 'ovos_audio_transformer_plugin_speechbrain_langdetect/version.py'
-      - 'requirements/**'
-      - 'examples/**'
-      - '.github/**'
-      - '.gitignore'
-      - 'LICENSE'
-      - 'CHANGELOG.md'
-      - 'MANIFEST.in'
-      - 'README.md'
-      - 'scripts/**'
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
 jobs:
-  unit_tests:
-    strategy:
-      max-parallel: 2
-      matrix:
-        python-version: [ 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, "3.10" ]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Set up python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      - name: Install System Dependencies
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt install python3-dev
-          python -m pip install build wheel
-      - name: Install core repo
-        run: |
-          pip install .
-      - name: Install test dependencies
-        run: |
-          pip install pytest pytest-timeout pytest-cov
-      - name: Run unittests
-        run: |
-          pytest --cov=ovos_audio_transformer_plugin_speechbrain_langdetect --cov-report xml test/unittests
-          # NOTE: additional pytest invocations should also add the --cov-append flag
-          #       or they will overwrite previous invocations' coverage reports
-          #       (for an example, see OVOS Skill Manager's workflow)
-      - name: Upload coverage
-        env:
-          CODECOV_TOKEN: ${{secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN}}
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v2
+  py_build_tests:
+    uses: neongeckocom/.github/.github/workflows/python_build_tests.yml@master
+    with:
+      python_version: "3.8"
diff --git a/ovos_audio_transformer_plugin_speechbrain_langdetect/__init__.py b/ovos_audio_transformer_plugin_speechbrain_langdetect/__init__.py
index 8550f3d..029e078 100644
--- a/ovos_audio_transformer_plugin_speechbrain_langdetect/__init__.py
+++ b/ovos_audio_transformer_plugin_speechbrain_langdetect/__init__.py
@@ -1,14 +1,34 @@
 import numpy as np
 import torch
+import torchaudio
+
+# HACK: see https://github.com/speechbrain/speechbrain/issues/3012
+if not hasattr(torchaudio, "list_audio_backends"):
+    torchaudio.list_audio_backends = lambda: [""]  # type: ignore
+
 from ovos_config.locale import get_valid_languages
 from ovos_plugin_manager.templates.transformers import AudioLanguageDetector
+from ovos_plugin_manager.utils.audio import AudioData, AudioFile
 from ovos_utils.xdg_utils import xdg_data_home
-from speech_recognition import AudioData
 from speechbrain.inference import EncoderClassifier
 
 
 class SpeechBrainLangClassifier(AudioLanguageDetector):
     def __init__(self, config=None):
+        """
+        Initialize the SpeechBrain language classifier plugin instance.
+        
+        Parameters:
+            config (dict, optional): Configuration dictionary. Recognized keys:
+                - "model" (str): SpeechBrain model identifier or path to use (defaults to
+                  "speechbrain/lang-id-commonlanguage_ecapa").
+                - "use_cuda" (bool): If true, attempt to load the model onto CUDA; otherwise
+                  load on the default device.
+        
+        Side effects:
+            Sets up the plugin via the superclass and initializes `self.engine` with a
+            SpeechBrain EncoderClassifier instance.
+        """
         config = config or {}
         super().__init__("ovos-audio-transformer-plugin-speechbrain-langdetect", 10, config)
         model = self.config.get("model") or "speechbrain/lang-id-commonlanguage_ecapa"
@@ -18,18 +38,18 @@ def __init__(self, config=None):
         else:
             self.engine = EncoderClassifier.from_hparams(source=model, savedir=f"{xdg_data_home()}/speechbrain")
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def audiochunk2array(audio_data):
-        # Convert buffer to float32 using NumPy
-        audio_as_np_int16 = np.frombuffer(audio_data, dtype=np.int16)
-        audio_as_np_float32 = audio_as_np_int16.astype(np.float32)
-
-        # Normalise float32 array so that values are between -1.0 and +1.0
-        max_int16 = 2 ** 15
-        data = audio_as_np_float32 / max_int16
-        return torch.from_numpy(data).float()
-
     def signal2probs(self, signal):
+        """
+        Map a model input signal to language probability scores.
+        
+        Runs the classifier on the provided preprocessed audio signal and returns a mapping from lowercase language codes to their predicted probabilities.
+        
+        Parameters:
+            signal: Model-ready audio input (batch tensor or structure accepted by the classifier's classify_batch).
+        
+        Returns:
+            dict: Mapping where each key is a lowercase BCP-47-like language code (e.g., "en-us") and each value is the language probability as a float between 0 and 1.
+        """
         probs, _, _, _ = self.engine.classify_batch(signal)
         probs = torch.softmax(probs[0], dim=0)
         labels = self.engine.hparams.label_encoder.decode_ndim(range(len(probs)))
@@ -88,11 +108,20 @@ def signal2probs(self, signal):
 
     # plugin api
     def detect(self, audio_data: bytes, valid_langs=None):
-        if isinstance(audio_data, AudioData):
-            audio_data = audio_data.get_wav_data()
-
-        signal = self.audiochunk2array(audio_data)
-
+        """
+        Detects the most likely language for the given audio and returns the language code with its probability.
+        
+        Parameters:
+            audio_data (bytes | AudioData): Raw audio bytes or an AudioData instance; raw bytes will be wrapped into an AudioData with 16 kHz sample rate and 2 channels.
+            valid_langs (Iterable[str], optional): Iterable of allowed BCP-47-like language codes to consider (e.g., "en-US", "es-ES"); if omitted the global get_valid_languages() set is used.
+        
+        Returns:
+            tuple: If only one language is in `valid_langs`, returns (audio_data, {}) indicating no classification was performed. Otherwise returns `(lang_code, probability)` where `lang_code` is the selected language code (string) and `probability` is the normalized confidence as a float between 0 and 1.
+        """
+        if not isinstance(audio_data, AudioData):
+            audio_data = AudioData(audio_data, 16000, 2)
+
+        signal = torch.from_numpy(audio_data.get_np_float32()).float()
         valid = valid_langs or get_valid_languages()
         if len(valid) == 1:
             # no classification needed
@@ -110,13 +139,11 @@ def detect(self, audio_data: bytes, valid_langs=None):
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    from speech_recognition import Recognizer, AudioFile
-
     jfk = "/home/miro/PycharmProjects/ovos-stt-plugin-fasterwhisper/jfk.wav"
     with AudioFile(jfk) as source:
-        audio = Recognizer().record(source)
+        audio = source.read()
 
     s = SpeechBrainLangClassifier()
     lang, prob = s.detect(audio.get_wav_data(), valid_langs=["en-us", "es-es"])
     print(lang, prob)
-    # en-us 0.5979952496320518
+    # en-us 0.5979952496320518
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6ce6066..86ab92e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-torchaudio
-speechbrain~=1.0.0
-ovos-plugin-manager~=2.1, >=2.1
+torchaudio>=2.1.0
+speechbrain>=1.0.3
+ovos-plugin-manager>=2.1.1,<3.0.0
+ovos-utils>=0.8.4,<1.0.0
 ovos-config>=0.0.12
+
+# see https://github.com/speechbrain/speechbrain/issues/2991
+huggingface_hub==0.36.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/bump_alpha.py b/scripts/bump_alpha.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 272ae21..0000000
--- a/scripts/bump_alpha.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-import fileinput
-from os.path import join, dirname
-
-
-version_file = join(dirname(dirname(__file__)), "ovos_audio_transformer_plugin_speechbrain_langdetect", "version.py")
-version_var_name = "VERSION_ALPHA"
-
-with open(version_file, "r", encoding="utf-8") as v:
-    for line in v.readlines():
-        if line.startswith(version_var_name):
-            version = int(line.split("=")[-1])
-            new_version = int(version) + 1
-
-for line in fileinput.input(version_file, inplace=True):
-    if line.startswith(version_var_name):
-        print(f"{version_var_name} = {new_version}")
-    else:
-        print(line.rstrip('\n'))
diff --git a/scripts/bump_build.py b/scripts/bump_build.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e63aa9..0000000
--- a/scripts/bump_build.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-import fileinput
-from os.path import join, dirname
-
-
-version_file = join(dirname(dirname(__file__)), "ovos_audio_transformer_plugin_speechbrain_langdetect", "version.py")
-version_var_name = "VERSION_BUILD"
-alpha_var_name = "VERSION_ALPHA"
-
-with open(version_file, "r", encoding="utf-8") as v:
-    for line in v.readlines():
-        if line.startswith(version_var_name):
-            version = int(line.split("=")[-1])
-            new_version = int(version) + 1
-
-for line in fileinput.input(version_file, inplace=True):
-    if line.startswith(version_var_name):
-        print(f"{version_var_name} = {new_version}")
-    elif line.startswith(alpha_var_name):
-        print(f"{alpha_var_name} = 0")
-    else:
-        print(line.rstrip('\n'))
diff --git a/scripts/bump_major.py b/scripts/bump_major.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a5e0f4..0000000
--- a/scripts/bump_major.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-import fileinput
-from os.path import join, dirname
-
-
-version_file = join(dirname(dirname(__file__)), "ovos_audio_transformer_plugin_speechbrain_langdetect", "version.py")
-version_var_name = "VERSION_MAJOR"
-minor_var_name = "VERSION_MINOR"
-build_var_name = "VERSION_BUILD"
-alpha_var_name = "VERSION_ALPHA"
-
-with open(version_file, "r", encoding="utf-8") as v:
-    for line in v.readlines():
-        if line.startswith(version_var_name):
-            version = int(line.split("=")[-1])
-            new_version = int(version) + 1
-
-for line in fileinput.input(version_file, inplace=True):
-    if line.startswith(version_var_name):
-        print(f"{version_var_name} = {new_version}")
-    elif line.startswith(minor_var_name):
-        print(f"{minor_var_name} = 0")
-    elif line.startswith(build_var_name):
-        print(f"{build_var_name} = 0")
-    elif line.startswith(alpha_var_name):
-        print(f"{alpha_var_name} = 0")
-    else:
-        print(line.rstrip('\n'))
diff --git a/scripts/bump_minor.py b/scripts/bump_minor.py
deleted file mode 100644
index d6387c5..0000000
--- a/scripts/bump_minor.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-import fileinput
-from os.path import join, dirname
-
-
-version_file = join(dirname(dirname(__file__)), "ovos_audio_transformer_plugin_speechbrain_langdetect", "version.py")
-version_var_name = "VERSION_MINOR"
-build_var_name = "VERSION_BUILD"
-alpha_var_name = "VERSION_ALPHA"
-
-with open(version_file, "r", encoding="utf-8") as v:
-    for line in v.readlines():
-        if line.startswith(version_var_name):
-            version = int(line.split("=")[-1])
-            new_version = int(version) + 1
-
-for line in fileinput.input(version_file, inplace=True):
-    if line.startswith(version_var_name):
-        print(f"{version_var_name} = {new_version}")
-    elif line.startswith(build_var_name):
-        print(f"{build_var_name} = 0")
-    elif line.startswith(alpha_var_name):
-        print(f"{alpha_var_name} = 0")
-    else:
-        print(line.rstrip('\n'))
diff --git a/scripts/remove_alpha.py b/scripts/remove_alpha.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 251db4e..0000000
--- a/scripts/remove_alpha.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-import fileinput
-from os.path import join, dirname
-
-
-version_file = join(dirname(dirname(__file__)), "ovos_audio_transformer_plugin_speechbrain_langdetect", "version.py")
-
-alpha_var_name = "VERSION_ALPHA"
-
-for line in fileinput.input(version_file, inplace=True):
-    if line.startswith(alpha_var_name):
-        print(f"{alpha_var_name} = 0")
-    else:
-        print(line.rstrip('\n'))
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8485d23..049eec8 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -66,20 +66,8 @@ def required(requirements_file):
     classifiers=[
         'Development Status :: 3 - Alpha',
         'Intended Audience :: Developers',
-        'Topic :: Text Processing :: Linguistic',
         'License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License',
-
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.0',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.1',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.2',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.3',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
     ],
     keywords='ovos plugin',
-    entry_points={'neon.plugin.audio': PLUGIN_ENTRY_POINT}
+    entry_points={'opm.transformer.audio': PLUGIN_ENTRY_POINT}
 )