CLOVA OCR overview

Available in Classic and VPC

CLOVA OCR is a service of NAVER Cloud Platform that recognizes sent documents or images and accurately extracts text and data from the area specified by the user. CLOVA OCR features a high recognition rate for text, with unrivaled technology that achieved 1st place in 4 areas of ICDAR2019, the most prestigious global challenge in the OCR field, and was selected for papers of CVPR and ICCV international conferences. With these achievements, it can automatically classify documents based on the similarity to registered templates, enabling its utilization in design of effective business workflows. It can also be linked with services such as Papago to provide differentiated services to users.

A variety of features CLOVA OCR offers

Please see below for detailed descriptions about the various features that CLOVA OCR offers.

• Extract recognition result from images or documents: It recognizes documents and accurately extracts text and data from the area specified by the user.
• Automate document processing and link actions: It automatically classifies documents based on the similarity to registered templates, enabling design of effective business workflows.
• Verification process for recognition results: It can verify recognized results, reducing repetitive verification jobs and improving reliability.
• Provides easy and convenient RESTful API for linkage and utilization with various services: It receives language and image data to be used for recognition, and then returns the appropriate text recognition results.

About CLOVA OCR guide

CLOVA OCR provides services in Korea and Japan regions. The service content is identical in both regions. Please check the following table of contents and their details for smooth use of CLOVA OCR.

• CLOVA OCR overview: introduction to CLOVA OCR and related resources helpful for the use
• Prerequisites for using CLOVA OCR: introduction to required specifications in order to use CLOVA OCR, precautions, and pricing plans
• CLOVA OCR scenario: introduction to overall CLOVA OCR usage process
• Getting started with CLOVA OCR: introduction to requesting and canceling CLOVA OCR subscriptions from the NAVER Cloud Platform console
• Using CLOVA OCR: introduction to creating and managing CLOVA OCR domains, API linkage and call methods, searching statistical data, and batch usage methods
  • Subscribe and unsubscribe: introduction to requesting and canceling CLOVA OCR subscriptions from the NAVER Cloud Platform console
  • Domain: introduction to creating and managing CLOVA OCR domains and linking API Gateway
    • Domain: introduction to creating, deleting, and copying domains and linking API Gateway
    • General: detailed guide on creating a domain whose service type is General and its usage methods
    • Template: detailed guide on creating a domain whose service type is Template and its usage methods
    • Document: detailed guide on creating a domain whose service type is Document and its usage methods
  • Management: introduction to searching various statistical data for CLOVA OCR by domain
  • Batch: introduction to creating and managing batches that enable bulk processing of large-volume images
• CLOVA OCR examples: various examples to help use CLOVA OCR, explanations, and how to utilize them
  • Call Text OCR API: introduction to calling Text OCR API
• Managing CLOVA OCR permissions: Introduction to managing permissions for CLOVA OCR using Sub Account
• CLOVA OCR glossary: introduction to important terms and their descriptions in using CLOVA OCR
• CLOVA OCR FAQ: frequently asked questions and their answers in using CLOVA OCR
• CLOVA OCR release notes: update history of CLOVA OCR guide

CLOVA OCR related resources

NAVER Cloud Platform provides a variety of related resources as well as guides to help customers better understand CLOVA OCR. If you are a developer or marketer in need of detailed information while you are considering adopting CLOVA OCR or establishing data related policies, then please make good use of the resources below.

• Improvement in comprehension and usage methods for CLOVA OCR
  • CLOVA OCR API Guide: API usage methods for CLOVA OCR developers
  • Introduction to pricing, characteristics, and detailed features: summary of CLOVA OCR pricing system, characteristics and detailed features of CLOVA OCR
  • Latest service news: latest news related to CLOVA OCR
  • FAQ: frequently asked questions by CLOVA OCR users
  • Contact us: Send direct inquiries in case of any unresolved questions that aren't answered by the guide.
• Guides for linked services required for the use of CLOVA OCR
  • API Gateway Guide:: how to use API Gateway required for calling CLOVA OCR API
  • Object Storage Guide:: how to use Object Storage required for using the batch feature of CLOVA OCR
  • Sub Account Guide: how to use Sub Account that helps the management of CLOVA OCR's administration permissions