Chnaged requirement text

Dockerfile

@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ ENV PORT=7860
 # put near the other ENV lines
 ENV XDG_CACHE_HOME=/data/.cache \
     TRANSFORMERS_CACHE=/data/.cache/huggingface \
-    HF_HOME=/data/.cache/huggingface
+    HF_HOME=/data/.cache/huggingface \
+    EASYOCR_MODEL_STORAGE=/data/.EasyOCR
 
 EXPOSE ${PORT}
 

app/routes.py

@@ -11,8 +11,12 @@ from app.utils import generate_tags, error_response
 # Initialize Flask Blueprint
 bp = Blueprint('main', __name__)
 
+model_dir = os.getenv('EASYOCR_MODEL_STORAGE', None)
+
 # Initialize the EasyOCR reader for English only (disable GPU if not available)
-reader = easyocr.Reader(['en'], gpu=False)
+reader = easyocr.Reader(['en'], gpu=False
+,model_storage_directory=model_dir
+                        )
 
 EMOTION_SCORE_THRESHOLD = 0.15  # Adjust based on your testing
 MIN_SENTIMENT_CONFIDENCE = 0.4  # Below this becomes "neutral"