Update script.js

script.js

@@ -189,15 +189,24 @@ function startNewChat() {
   chatBody.scrollTop = chatBody.scrollHeight;
 }
 
-function remove_special_chars(text):
-  """Remove special characters from text, allowing only specified characters."""
-  allow = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890 :,.?!"
-  text = text.replace("<br>","")
-  newtxt = ""
-  for i in text:
-    if i in allow:
-      newtxt += i
-  return newtxt
+function remove_special_chars(text) {
+  // Allow only specified characters
+  const allow = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890 :,.?!";
+  
+  // Replace <br> with a space for better readability
+  text = text.replace(/<br>/g, " ");
+  
+  let newtxt = "";
+  
+  // Iterate through the text and include only allowed characters
+  for (let char of text) {
+    if (allow.includes(char)) {
+      newtxt += char;
+    }
+  }
+  
+  return newtxt;
+}
 
 
 // Text-to-Speech function