Update models/model_loader.py

models/model_loader.py

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ os.makedirs(CACHE_DIR, exist_ok=True)
 # Load Model (Cached)
 # -------------------------------
 
+@st.cache_resource(show_spinner="Loading model...") # making sure we only load the model once per every app instance
 def load_accent_model():
     """Loads custom accent classification model."""
     if not os.getenv("HF_TOKEN"):
@@ -30,6 +31,6 @@ def load_accent_model():
         st.error(f"❌ Error loading model: {e}")
         st.stop()
 
-
+@st.cache_resource(show_spinner="Loading Whisper...")
 def load_whisper():
     return WhisperModel("tiny", device="cpu", compute_type="int8_float32")