Update app.py

app.py

@@ -2,6 +2,16 @@ from io import StringIO
 import sys
 
 import os
+# Set EasyOCR cache directory to a writable location
+os.environ["EASYOCR_CACHE_DIR"] = "/app/.EASYOCR"
+import easyocr
+# Monkey-patch the easyocr.Reader to force the model_storage directory parameter
+_original_reader = easyocr.Reader
+def custom_reader(langs, **kwargs):
+    kwargs.setdefault("model_storage_directory", "/app/.EasyOCR")
+    return _original_reader(langs, **kwargs)
+easyocr.Reader = custom_reader
+
 #from huggingface_hub import login
 import gradio as gr
 import json
@@ -68,9 +78,6 @@ if not GROQ_API_KEY:
 
 EMBED_MODEL_ID = "sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L6-v2"
 
-# Set EasyOCR cache directory to a writable location
-os.environ["EASYOCR_CACHE_DIR"] = "/app/.EASYOCR"
-
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