Fix rich dependency

dependencies.hspd

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 /* HSPyLib projects */
 package: hspylib, version: 1.12.53, mode: ge
+package: hspylib-datasource, version: 0.9.82, mode: ge
 package: hspylib-clitt, version: 0.9.140, mode: ge
 package: hspylib-setman, version: 0.10.43, mode: ge
 
@@ -44,8 +45,8 @@ package: aiohttp, version: 3.10.5, mode: eq
 package: html2text, version: 2024.2.26, mode: eq
 
 /* CLI/TUI */
-package: rich, version: 13.8.1, mode: eq
-package: textual, version: 0.87.1, mode: eq
+package: rich, version: 13.9.4, mode: eq
+package: textual, version: 0.89.1, mode: eq
 
 /* Audio */
 package: soundfile, version: 0.12.1, mode: eq

src/main/askai/core/support/utilities.py

@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ def read_resource(base_dir: AnyPath, filename: AnyPath, file_ext: str = ".txt")
     return Path(filename).read_text(encoding=Charset.UTF_8.val)
 
 
-def read_file(load_dir: AnyPath, path_name: str) -> Optional[str]:
+def read_file(load_dir: AnyPath, path_name: str) -> str:
     """Reads the contents of a file from the specified directory.
     :param load_dir: The directory where the file is located.
     :param path_name: The path name of the file to read.

src/main/requirements.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+###### AUTO-GENERATED Requirements file for: AskAI ######
+
+hspylib>=1.12.53
+hspylib-datasource>=0.9.82
+hspylib-clitt>=0.9.140
+hspylib-setman>=0.10.43
+retry2==0.9.5
+pause==0.3
+tqdm==4.66.5
+pyperclip==1.9.0
+python-magic==0.4.27
+pytz==2024.2
+transitions==0.9.2
+pydantic==2.10.2
+langchain==0.3.9
+langchain-openai>=0.2.10
+langchain-community==0.3.8
+langchain-google-community==2.0.3
+openai-whisper==20240930
+openai==1.55.3
+google-api-python-client==2.154.0
+fake_useragent==1.5.1
+requests==2.32.3
+urllib3==2.2.3
+protobuf==4.25.4
+aiohttp==3.10.5
+html2text==2024.2.26
+rich==13.9.4
+textual==0.89.1
+soundfile==0.12.1
+PyAudio==0.2.14
+SpeechRecognition==3.10.4
+opencv-python==4.10.0.84
+pyautogui==0.9.54
+torch>=2.2.2
+torchvision>=0.17.2
+open-clip-torch
+opentelemetry-api==1.27.0
+opentelemetry-sdk==1.27.0
+opentelemetry-proto==1.27.0
+transformers==4.45.2
+unstructured==0.16.0
+unstructured[md]==0.16.0
+tiktoken==0.8.0
+stanza==1.1.1
+nltk==3.9.1
+faiss-cpu~=1.8.0
+chromadb==0.5.5
+deepl==1.18.0
+argostranslate==1.9.1