[Python] EasyOCR is not detecting Arabic letters in a license plate image

I am trying to extract text from a Moroccan license plate using EasyOCR, but the Arabic letter in the middle is not being detected. Problem: When processing an image of a license plate, EasyOCR correctly detects the numbers but ignores the Arabic letter. For example, from this plate: Example Picture Example Picture

• EasyOCR extracts:

55474 48

• instead of:

55474 48 أ

Code I am using:

import easyocr
import re

def extract_text_with_easyocr(image_path, languages=['en']):
reader = easyocr.Reader(languages)
results = reader.readtext(image_path)

extracted_text = ""
for (_, text, _) in results:
letters_digits_only = re.sub(r'[^\w\s\u0600-\u06FF]', '', text)
extracted_text += letters_digits_only + " "
return extracted_text.strip()

image_path = "plate.jpg"
text = extract_text_with_easyocr(image_path)
print("Extracted text:", text)


How can I improve the detection so that EasyOCR correctly extracts the Arabic letter along with the numbers ?

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