Update app.py

app.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import easyocr
 from gradio_client import Client, handle_file
 import pandas as pd
 import gradio as gr
+import io
 
 clientImg = Client("dj-dawgs-ipd/IPD-Image-ViT-Finetune")
 clientEngText = Client("dj-dawgs-ipd/IPD-Text-English-Finetune")
@@ -16,9 +17,13 @@ def extract_text(image):
     return ' '.join([l for l in data])
 
 def predict(image):
+
+    buffered = io.BytesIO()
+    image.save(buffered, format="PNG")
+    img_str = base64.b64encode(buffered.getvalue()).decode()
     
     imgResult = clientImg.predict(
-        image,
+        img_str,
         api_name="/predict"
     )