- 25 May 2023 - Version 1.7.0 - Add Apple Silicon support (thanks[rayeesoft](https://github.com/rayeesoft) and [ArtemBernatskyy](https://github.com/ArtemBernatskyy), see [PR](https://github.com/JaidedAI/EasyOCR/pull/1004)) - Fix several compatibilities
1.6.2
- 15 September 2022 - Version 1.6.2 - Add CPU support for DBnet detector - DBnet will only be compiled when users initialize EasyOCR with DBnet detector.
1.6.1
- 1 September 2022 - Version 1.6.1 - Fix DBNET path bug for Windows - Add new built-in model `cyrillic_g2`. This model is a new default for Cyrillic script.
1.6.0
- 24 August 2022 - Version 1.6.0 - Restructure code to support alternative text detectors. - Add detector `DBNET`, see [paper](https://arxiv.org/abs/2202.10304v1). It can be used by initializing like this `reader = easyocr.Reader(['en'], detect_network = 'dbnet18')`.
1.5.0
- 2 June 2022 - Version 1.5.0 - Add trainer for CRAFT detection model (thanks[gmuffiness](https://github.com/gmuffiness), see [PR](https://github.com/JaidedAI/EasyOCR/pull/739))
1.4.2
- 9 April 2022 - Version 1.4.2 - Update dependencies (opencv and pillow issues)