Update utility/utils.py

utility/utils.py

@@ -19,8 +19,11 @@ HFT = os.getenv('HF_TOKEN')
 # Initialize the InferenceClient
 client = InferenceClient(model="mistralai/Mistral-7B-Instruct-v0.3", token=HFT)
 
-# Initialize EasyOCR reader for extracting text
-reader = easyocr.Reader(['en'])
+# Specify a custom model storage directory (ensure this path is writable)
+model_storage_directory = '/app/models'
+
+# Create the reader object and set the model storage directory
+reader = easyocr.Reader(['en'], model_storage_directory=model_storage_directory)
 
 def draw_boxes(image, bounds, color='red', width=2):
     draw = ImageDraw.Draw(image)