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Volcengine OCR

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

official website application address

https://www.volcengine.com/docs/6790/116978

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

Volcengine OCR - Official Documentation - Billing Overview

TypeFree quotaPrice beyond free quotaRequests per second
Multilingual OCR (free tier)5000 timesNone1 time/second
Multilingual OCR (paid tier)None0.015 RMB/time10 times/second
Text recognition (free tier)5000 timesNone1 time/second
Text recognition (paid tier)None0.005 RMB/time10 times/second

Multilingual OCR supports more than 50 languages, including Chinese, English, Japanese, French, German, Russian, and Spanish, but its paid tier costs more than Text Recognition

Text Recognition supports Chinese, English, and mixed Chinese-English text, and its paid tier costs less than Multilingual OCR

note

If you have already configured Volcengine Translation, you can reuse the existing user and add OCR permissions -> View instructions

1. Register or log in

Click here to jump to login/register

If you already have an account, choose to log in, if not, register.

Volcengine OCR: sign-in and registration page

2.Real-name authentication

Click here to jump to the real-name authentication page

Then click Start Personal Authentication

Volcengine OCR: click Start Personal Authentication

You can choose the authentication method yourself

What I use here is face scanning authentication

Volcengine OCR facial recognition verification option

Then fill in the certified personal information first

Volcengine OCR: fill in the certified personal information first

Open Douyin, scan the QR code and follow the prompts

Volcengine OCR: Open Douyin, scan the QR code and follow the prompts

This page appears indicating that the authentication was successful.

Volcengine OCR: successful identity verification

3. Enable text recognition

Click here to jump to the activation page

After entering, click Create Application

Volcengine OCR Create Application button

Choose according to the picture below

Volcengine OCR application configuration

4. Get the secret key

Click here to jump to the user management page

Create a new user first

Volcengine OCR: Create a new user first

Select Create by username

Volcengine OCR: Select Create by username

The user name can be customized. I will fill in TTime myself here.

Then check Programmatic Access

Volcengine OCR: check Programmatic Access

To set permissions, enter CVFullAccess in the search box

Then check the ones found in the search, as shown in the figure below

The scope I choose here is global

Volcengine OCR global permission scope option

Confirm information and submit

Volcengine OCR: Confirm information and submit

Click here to jump to the user management page

After jumping to this page again, select the user you just created and click Manage

Volcengine OCR: Get the secret key

Select key options

Volcengine OCR: Select key options

After obtaining the credentials, open TTime Settings, go to OCR Services, select Volcengine OCR, and enter the credentials

For setup instructions, see Configure OCR in TTime

Supplementary permissions

If you have already configured Volcengine Translation, you can reuse the existing user and add OCR permissions

Click here to jump to the user management page

Choose management first

Volcengine OCR: Choose management first

Then select Permissions and click the Add Permissions button

Volcengine OCR: select Permissions and click the Add Permissions button

To set permissions, enter CVFullAccess in the search box

Then check the ones found in the search, as shown in the figure below

Submit the changes when finished. The credentials are the same as those used for Volcengine Translation

Volcengine OCR: Submit the changes when finished

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