From 81d176cd3d0d1d20c06d755778e7c7958efdba70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michele Dolfi <dol@zurich.ibm.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2024 13:38:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add message for failed easyocr import

Signed-off-by: Michele Dolfi <dol@zurich.ibm.com>
---
 docling/models/easyocr_model.py | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docling/models/easyocr_model.py b/docling/models/easyocr_model.py
index 5fd36ca8..13455b6b 100644
--- a/docling/models/easyocr_model.py
+++ b/docling/models/easyocr_model.py
@@ -18,7 +18,12 @@ class EasyOcrModel(BaseOcrModel):
         self.scale = 3  # multiplier for 72 dpi == 216 dpi.
 
         if self.enabled:
-            import easyocr
+            try:
+                import easyocr
+            except ImportError:
+                raise ImportError(
+                    "EasyOCR is not installed. Please install it via `pip install easyocr` to use this OCR engine."
+                )
 
             self.reader = easyocr.Reader(lang_list=self.options.lang)