Update app.py

app.py

@@ -172,15 +172,17 @@ with gr.Blocks(theme=gr.themes.Soft()) as demo:
             output_text = gr.Textbox(label="recognized text", lines=5)
             output_json = gr.Code(label="json output", language="json", lines=5)
 
-    example_image_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "example.jpg")
+    def process_example(img):
+        # examples are pre-loaded as numpy by gradio, so we can pass them directly
+        return run_ocr_pipeline(img, 0.5, 0.1)
 
+    example_image_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "example.jpg") # <-- updated filename
     if os.path.exists(example_image_path):
         gr.Examples(
             examples=[example_image_path],
             inputs=[input_image],
             outputs=[output_image, output_text, output_json],
-            # grad.io pre-loads the image into a numpy array for us.
-            fn=lambda img: run_ocr_pipeline(img, 0.5, 0.1),
+            fn=process_example,
             cache_examples=True
         )
             
@@ -190,5 +192,15 @@ with gr.Blocks(theme=gr.themes.Soft()) as demo:
         outputs=[output_image, output_text, output_json]
     )
 
+    # <-- a new markdown component is added here for the footer
+    gr.Markdown(
+        """
+        ---
+        ### official github repository
+        the full source code, documentation, and local command-line script for `meikiocr` are available on github.
+        **► [github.com/rtr46/meikiocr](https://github.com/rtr46/meikiocr)**
+        """
+    )
+
 # --- 5. launch the app ---
 demo.launch()