# Audio reading fails with TensorFlow IO on Colab

**URL:** <https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/audio-reading-fails-with-tensorflow-io-on-colab/32127>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** sig\_io, help\_request\
**Created:** [June 17, 2022, 9:16am UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/audio-reading-fails-with-tensorflow-io-on-colab/32127 "2022-06-17T09:16:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sayak\_Paul](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/sayak_paul/32/13002_2.png) [@Sayak\_Paul](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/Sayak_Paul)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2022, 9:16am UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/audio-reading-fails-with-tensorflow-io-on-colab/32127/1 "2022-06-17T09:16:56Z")

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Versions:

- TensorFlow: 2.8.2
- TensorFlow IO: 0.26.0 (installed with `pip install tensorflow-io`)

When executing:

```py
import tensorflow_io as tfio
sample_audio = tfio.audio.AudioIOTensor("gs://cloud-samples-tests/speech/brooklyn.flac")

```

It fails with:

```auto
NotImplementedError: unable to open file: libtensorflow_io.so, from paths: ['/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/tensorflow_io/python/ops/libtensorflow_io.so']
caused by: ['/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/tensorflow_io/python/ops/libtensorflow_io.so: undefined symbol: _ZNK10tensorflow4data11DatasetBase8FinalizeEPNS_15OpKernelContextESt8functionIFNS_8StatusOrISt10unique_ptrIS1_NS_4core15RefCountDeleterEEEEvEE']

```

Even though the issue is solved with `pip install tensorflow-io==0.23.1` but I lose access to `.numpy()`.

Please advise.

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**Author:** ![cbigarel](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/cbigarel/32/12564_2.png) [@cbigarel](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/cbigarel)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 2:28am UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/audio-reading-fails-with-tensorflow-io-on-colab/32127/3 "2022-07-25T02:28:47Z")

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I am having the same issue.