Neither CUDA nor MPS are available - defaulting to CPU. Note: This module is much faster with a GPU. Illegal instruction

[luisjose1996]

import easyocr
import cv2
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

Create an EasyOCR reader instance

reader = easyocr.Reader(['en'], gpu=False) # Specify the languages you want to use

Function to extract text from an image

def extract_text_from_image(image_path):
# Read the image using OpenCV
image = cv2.imread(image_path)

# Use EasyOCR to extract text
results = reader.readtext(image)

# Extract text and bounding boxes
extracted_text = ""
for (bbox, text, prob) in results:
    extracted_text += f"{text} "
    # Optionally, you can draw bounding boxes on the image
    (top_left, top_right, bottom_right, bottom_left) = bbox
    top_left = tuple(map(int, top_left))
    bottom_right = tuple(map(int, bottom_right))
    cv2.rectangle(image, top_left, bottom_right, (0, 255, 0), 2)

return extracted_text.strip(), image

Example usage

if name == "main":
image_path = "1.png" # Replace with your image path
text, annotated_image = extract_text_from_image(image_path)
print("Extracted Text:", text)

# Display the image with bounding boxes
plt.imshow(cv2.cvtColor(annotated_image, cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB))
plt.axis('off')  # Hide axes
plt.show()

In this code, I got an issue like "Neither CUDA nor MPS are available - defaulting to CPU. Note: This module is much faster with a GPU. Illegal instruction".
How should I solve this issue?

[romanvelichkin]

It's not clear what is a problem. Easyocr doesn't scan image, so you don't have image + bbox output? Or image is showed, but you're bothered with a message?

It's a default message if you don't use gpu. You can change gpu=False -> gpu=True to fix it, but you will need GPU for that.

[hankchu6]

I also encountered the 'Illegal instruction' issue. The error message and my system information are as follows:

>>> reader = easyocr.Reader(['en'], gpu=False, model_storage_directory='models')
>>> img = 'initial_screen.png'
>>> reader.readtext(img)
[W1101 17:08:06.622021815 NNPACK.cpp:61] Could not initialize NNPACK! Reason: Unsupported hardware.
Illegal instruction (core dumped)

ov  1 17:08:06 ct05 kernel: traps: python[2197] trap invalid opcode ip:7ff9b9728a51 sp:7ffcfad76a80 error:0 in libtorch_cpu.so[7ff9b1600000+13dce000]
Nov  1 17:08:06 ct05 systemd[1]: Started Process Core Dump (PID 2211/UID 0).
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Nov  1 17:08:13 ct05 systemd[1]: [email protected]: Deactivated successfully.
Nov  1 17:08:13 ct05 systemd[1]: [email protected]: Consumed 5.035s CPU time.

easyocr                  1.7.1

processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 191
model name      : Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-14500
stepping        : 2
microcode       : 0xffffffff
cpu MHz         : 2611.200
cache size      : 24576 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 4
core id         : 0
cpu cores       : 4
apicid          : 0
initial apicid  : 0
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 22
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc cpuid tsc_known_freq pni pclmulqdq ssse3 cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 movbe popcnt aes rdrand hypervisor lahf_lm abm 3dnowprefetch ibrs_enhanced fsgsbase bmi1 bmi2 invpcid rdseed clflushopt arat md_clear flush_l1d arch_capabilities
bugs            : spectre_v1 spectre_v2 spec_store_bypass swapgs retbleed eibrs_pbrsb rfds bhi
bogomips        : 5222.40
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 46 bits physical, 48 bits virtual

[kulikala]

Hi there! I’ve successfully configured this module to run on the CPU only. Below is a working Dockerfile setup:

FROM python:3.8-slim AS compile-image

# if you forked EasyOCR, you can pass in your own GitHub username to use your fork
# i.e. GH_USERNAME=myname
ARG GH_USERNAME="JaidedAI"
ARG GH_VERSION="v1.7.1"
ARG PIP_PILLOW="9.3.0"
ARG PIP_TORCH="1.12.1"
ARG PIP_TORCHVISION="0.13.1"
ARG MODEL_HOME="/root/.EasyOCR/model"
ARG SERVICE_HOME="/home/EasyOCR"
ARG LANG_MODELS="pre-v1.1.6/craft_mlt_25k,v1.3/english_g2"

# Configure apt and install packages
RUN apt-get update -y \
    && apt-get install -y \
        git \
        curl \
        unzip \
    # cleanup
    && apt-get autoremove -y \
    && apt-get clean -y \
    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists

# Download models
RUN mkdir -p "${MODEL_HOME}" \
    && cd "${MODEL_HOME}" \
    && IFS=',' L_ARR="${LANG_MODELS}" \
    && for l in ${L_ARR}; do \
        curl -L -O "https://github.com/JaidedAI/EasyOCR/releases/download/${l}.zip" \
        ; done \
    && unzip '*.zip'

# Clone EasyOCR repo
RUN mkdir "${SERVICE_HOME}" \
    && git clone "https://github.com/${GH_USERNAME}/EasyOCR.git" "${SERVICE_HOME}" \
    && cd "${SERVICE_HOME}" \
    && git remote add upstream "https://github.com/JaidedAI/EasyOCR.git" \
    && git fetch upstream tag "${GH_VERSION}" \
    && git checkout tags/"${GH_VERSION}"

# Update pip
RUN cd "${SERVICE_HOME}" \
    && python -m pip install \
        --upgrade \
        pip

# Install torch/torchvision
RUN cd "${SERVICE_HOME}" \
    && python -m pip install \
        --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu \
        --use-deprecated=legacy-resolver \
        Pillow=="${PIP_PILLOW}" \
        torch=="${PIP_TORCH}" \
        torchvision=="${PIP_TORCHVISION}"

# Build
RUN cd "${SERVICE_HOME}" \
    && python setup.py build_ext --inplace -j $(nproc) \
    && python -m pip install -e .

########

FROM python:3.8-slim AS production-image

ARG MODEL_HOME="/root/.EasyOCR/model"
ARG SERVICE_HOME="/home/EasyOCR"
ARG PIP_LOCATION="/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages"

# Copy models
COPY --from=compile-image "${MODEL_HOME}" "${MODEL_HOME}"

# Copy home
COPY --from=compile-image "${SERVICE_HOME}" "${SERVICE_HOME}"

# Copy site packages
COPY --from=compile-image "${PIP_LOCATION}" "${PIP_LOCATION}"

# Copy executables
COPY --from=compile-image /usr/local/bin /usr/local/bin

Please note that changing versions may lead to build or runtime failures.
Hope this is helpful!