Release 2.18.0

Riva Release Notes: https://docs.nvidia.com/deeplearning/riva/user-guide/docs/release-notes.html#riva-release-2-18-0

What's Changed

• Release/2.17.0 by @rmittal-github in #99
• update to grpcio>=1.66.1 by @virajkarandikar in #101
• Update grpcio to 1.67.1 by @virajkarandikar in #103
• Getting VAD states from the riva-server by @sarane22 in #102
• chore: Updating package info by @atomer-nvidia in #105
• fix: Check for None type custom dict by @mohnishparmar in #106
• changes made for custom translation, dnt phrases by @ydharavath in #108
• fix: Fix declaration of variables by @mohnishparmar in #109

New Contributors

• @ydharavath made their first contribution in #108

Full Changelog: r2.17.0...r2.18.0