Baidu OCR

Baidu OCR can extract text from images, and this guide explains how to activate the service and configure it in TTime

Official website

https://cloud.baidu.com/

Quota information As time goes by, the official website may change, this is for reference only, please refer to the official documents for details

Baidu Smart Cloud OCR — official billing documentation

Type	Free quota	Price beyond free quota	Requests per second
Baidu Smart Cloud	1,000 free requests per month	Disabled	2 requests/second
Baidu Smart Cloud (pay-as-you-go enabled)	1,000 free requests per month	0.0050 RMB/request	10 requests/second

1. Register or log in

Open the official website using the link above.

Log in with an existing account or create a new one.

2. Complete personal identity verification

Baidu Smart Cloud requires identity verification before you can use the service.

1. Open the identity verification page

After logging in, open the identity verification page.

3. Create application

Click here to jump to the application creation page

Enter an application name.

For text recognition services, keep the default Select all option.

Select Personal for the application owner.

Enter a short application description, such as Tool Usage.

Finally, click Create Now.

4. Receive resource package

After activating the service, claim the resource package to receive the free quota.

Click to jump to the resource package page

Select General Scenario OCR

Select General Text Recognition (Standard), General Text Recognition (Standard with Position), General Text Recognition (High Accuracy), and General Text Recognition (High Accuracy with Position).

Finally, click Claim for 0 RMB.

Note:

1. TTime currently uses the General Text Recognition (Standard) API by default. We recommend selecting all four options so that other recognition modes remain available if TTime supports them later.

2. According to Baidu Smart Cloud's documentation, the free quota may take time to appear after activation. If the console still reports no quota, try again after 30 minutes.

5. Get the key

Click to jump to get the key page

In TTime, AppId corresponds to the API Key shown below, and AppKey corresponds to the Secret Key.

Once the credentials are available, open TTime Settings, go to OCR Services, select Baidu OCR, and enter the credentials.

For setup instructions, see Configure OCR in TTime.