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diff --git a/tests/test_client.py b/tests/test_client.py
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+import json
+import os
+import scipy
+import websocket
+import unittest
+from unittest.mock import patch, MagicMock
+from whisper_live.client import TranscriptionClient, resample
+
+
+class TestClientWebSocketCommunication(unittest.TestCase):
+    @patch('whisper_live.client.websocket.WebSocketApp')
+    def test_websocket_communication(self, mock_websocket):
+        mock_ws_instance = MagicMock()
+        mock_websocket.return_value = mock_ws_instance
+        expected_url = 'ws://localhost:9090'
+
+        client = TranscriptionClient(host='localhost', port=9090).client
+
+        mock_websocket.assert_called()
+        self.assertEqual(mock_websocket.call_args[0][0], expected_url)
+
+        client.close_websocket()
+
+
+class TestClientCallbacks(unittest.TestCase):
+    @patch('whisper_live.client.websocket.WebSocketApp')
+    def setUp(self, mock_websocket):
+        self.mock_ws_app = mock_websocket.return_value
+        self.mock_ws_app.send = MagicMock()
+        self.client = TranscriptionClient(host='localhost', port=9090, lang="en").client
+    
+    def tearDown(self):
+        self.client.close_websocket()
+        del self.client
+
+    def test_on_open(self):
+        expected_message = json.dumps({
+            "uid": self.client.uid,
+            "language": self.client.language,
+            "task": self.client.task,
+            "model": self.client.model,
+        })
+        self.client.on_open(self.mock_ws_app)
+        self.mock_ws_app.send.assert_called_with(expected_message)
+
+    def test_on_message(self):
+        message = json.dumps(
+            {
+                "uid": self.client.uid,
+                "message": "SERVER_READY",
+                "backend": "faster_whisper"
+            }
+        )
+        self.client.on_message(self.mock_ws_app, message)
+
+        message = json.dumps({
+            "uid": self.client.uid,
+            "segments": [
+                {"start": 0, "end": 1, "text": "Test transcript"},
+                {"start": 1, "end": 2, "text": "Test transcript 2"},
+                {"start": 2, "end": 3, "text": "Test transcript 3"}
+            ]
+        })
+        self.client.on_message(self.mock_ws_app, message)
+    
+        # Assert that the transcript was updated correctly
+        self.assertEqual(len(self.client.transcript), 2)
+        self.assertEqual(self.client.transcript[1]['text'], "Test transcript 2")
+
+    def test_on_close(self):
+        close_status_code = 1000
+        close_msg = "Normal closure"
+        self.client.on_close(self.mock_ws_app, close_status_code, close_msg)
+
+        self.assertFalse(self.client.recording)
+        self.assertFalse(self.client.server_error)        
+        self.assertFalse(self.client.waiting)
+    
+    def test_on_error(self):
+        error_message = "Test Error"
+        self.client.on_error(self.mock_ws_app, error_message)
+
+        self.assertTrue(self.client.server_error)        
+        self.assertEqual(self.client.error_message, error_message)
+
+
+class TestAudioResampling(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_resample_audio(self):
+        original_audio = "assets/jfk.flac"
+        expected_sr = 16000
+        resampled_audio = resample(original_audio, expected_sr)
+        
+        sr, _ = scipy.io.wavfile.read(resampled_audio)
+        self.assertEqual(sr, expected_sr)
+        
+        os.remove(resampled_audio)
+
+
+class TestSendingAudioPacket(unittest.TestCase):
+    @patch('whisper_live.client.websocket.WebSocketApp')
+    def setUp(self, mock_websocket):
+        self.transcription_client = TranscriptionClient("localhost", "9090")
+        self.client = self.transcription_client.client
+        self.client.client_socket = mock_websocket.return_value
+    
+    def tearDown(self):
+        self.client.close_websocket()
+        del self.client
+
+    def test_send_packet(self):
+        mock_audio_packet = b'\x00\x01\x02\x03'
+        self.client.send_packet_to_server(mock_audio_packet)
+        self.client.client_socket.send.assert_called_with(mock_audio_packet, websocket.ABNF.OPCODE_BINARY)
diff --git a/tests/test_server.py b/tests/test_server.py
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+import subprocess
+import time
+import json
+import unittest
+from unittest import mock
+
+import numpy as np
+import evaluate
+from whisper_live.server import TranscriptionServer
+from whisper_live.client import TranscriptionClient
+from whisper.normalizers import EnglishTextNormalizer
+
+
+class TestTranscriptionServerInitialization(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_initialization(self):
+        server = TranscriptionServer()
+        self.assertEqual(server.max_clients, 4)
+        self.assertEqual(server.max_connection_time, 600)
+        self.assertDictEqual(server.clients, {})
+        self.assertDictEqual(server.websockets, {})
+        self.assertDictEqual(server.clients_start_time, {})
+
+
+class TestGetWaitTime(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.server = TranscriptionServer()
+        self.server.clients_start_time = {
+            'client1': time.time() - 120,
+            'client2': time.time() - 300
+        }
+        self.server.max_connection_time = 600
+
+    def test_get_wait_time(self):
+        expected_wait_time = (600 - (time.time() - self.server.clients_start_time['client2'])) / 60
+        print(self.server.get_wait_time(), expected_wait_time)
+        self.assertAlmostEqual(self.server.get_wait_time(), expected_wait_time, places=2)
+
+    
+class TestServerConnection(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.server = TranscriptionServer()
+    
+    @mock.patch('whisper_live.server.websockets.WebSocketCommonProtocol')
+    def test_connection(self, mock_websocket):
+        mock_websocket.recv.return_value = json.dumps({
+            'uid': 'test_client',
+            'language': 'en',
+            'task': 'transcribe',
+            'model': 'tiny.en'
+        })
+        self.server.recv_audio(mock_websocket, "faster_whisper")
+
+    
+    @mock.patch('whisper_live.server.websockets.WebSocketCommonProtocol')
+    def test_recv_audio_exception_handling(self, mock_websocket):
+        mock_websocket.recv.side_effect = [json.dumps({
+            'uid': 'test_client',
+            'language': 'en',
+            'task': 'transcribe',
+            'model': 'tiny.en'
+        }),  np.array([1, 2, 3]).tobytes()]  
+        
+        with self.assertLogs(level="ERROR"):
+            self.server.recv_audio(mock_websocket, "faster_whisper")
+        
+        self.assertNotIn(mock_websocket, self.server.clients)
+
+
+class TestServerInferenceAccuracy(unittest.TestCase):
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        cls.server_process = subprocess.Popen(["python", "run_server.py"])  # Adjust the command as needed
+        time.sleep(2)
+    
+    @classmethod
+    def tearDownClass(cls):
+        cls.server_process.terminate()
+        cls.server_process.wait()
+    
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.metric = evaluate.load("wer")
+        self.normalizer = EnglishTextNormalizer()
+        self.client  = TranscriptionClient(
+            "localhost", "9090", model="base.en", lang="en",
+        )
+    
+    def test_inference(self):
+        gt = "And so my fellow Americans, ask not, what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country!"
+        self.client("assets/jfk.flac")
+        with open("output.srt", "r") as f:
+            lines = f.readlines()
+            prediction = " ".join([l.strip() for l in lines[2::4]])
+        prediction_normalized = self.normalizer(prediction)
+        gt_normalized = self.normalizer(gt)
+
+        # calculate WER
+        wer = self.metric.compute(
+            predictions=[prediction_normalized],
+            references=[gt_normalized]
+        )
+        self.assertLess(wer, 0.05)
diff --git a/tests/test_vad.py b/tests/test_vad.py
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+++ b/tests/test_vad.py
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+import unittest
+import numpy as np
+import torch
+import scipy.io as sio
+from whisper_live.tensorrt_utils import load_audio
+from whisper_live.vad import VoiceActivityDetection
+
+
+class TestVoiceActivityDetection(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.vad = VoiceActivityDetection()
+        self.sample_rate = 16000
+
+    def generate_silence(self, duration_seconds):
+        return np.zeros(int(self.sample_rate * duration_seconds), dtype=np.float32)
+
+    def load_speech_segment(self, filepath):
+        return load_audio(filepath)
+
+    def test_vad_silence_detection(self):
+        silence = self.generate_silence(3)
+        speech_prob = self.vad(torch.from_numpy(silence.copy()), self.sample_rate).item()
+        self.assertLess(speech_prob, 0.5, "VAD incorrectly identified silence as speech.")
+
+    def test_vad_speech_detection(self):
+        audio_tensor = torch.from_numpy(load_audio("assets/jfk.flac"))
+        speech_prob = self.vad(audio_tensor, self.sample_rate).item()
+        self.assertGreater(speech_prob, 0.5, "VAD failed to identify speech segment.")
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