Clova (virtual assistant)

{{short description|AI platform by Naver}}

{{Other uses|Clova (disambiguation){{!}}Clova}}

{{Infobox software

| name = Clova

| logo = Clova assistant icon.svg

| logo caption = Icon of Clova in Android

| screenshot = Clova App screenshot.png

| screenshot size = 273px

| collapsible = yes

| developer = Naver Corporation

| released = {{start date and age|2017|3}}

| discontinued =

| operating system = Android, iOS

| language = Korean, Japanese

| genre = Intelligent personal assistant

| license =

}}

Clova is an intelligent personal assistant for Android and iOS operating systems developed by Naver Corporation. NAVER introduced its artificial intelligence platform CLOVA (short for cloud virtual assistant) in March 2017. Over time, NAVER expanded the CLOVA platform to include other AI use cases such as image classification, optical character recognition (OCR), dubbing (adding voice to video), and smart home applications.

History

NAVER introduced its artificial intelligence platform CLOVA (short for “cloud virtual assistant”) in March 2017. The CLOVA platform first powered Wave, a smart speaker imbued with voice recognition capabilities. Over time, NAVER expanded the CLOVA platform to include other AI use cases such as image classification, optical character recognition (OCR), dubbing (adding voice to video), and smart home applications.

In October 2020, Naver released 'Clova Lamp', an AI light that reads books. It works when you open a book under the camera on the lamp and press the book reading button or say 'Clova, read me a book.' This product can read books in English as well as Korean.{{Cite web|last=김|first=미희기자|date=2021-01-26|title=얘들아, 앞으로 영어책은 'AI 클로바램프'한테 읽어달라고 해|url=http://www.fnnews.com/news/202101261710319809|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-15|website=파이낸셜뉴스|language=ko-KR|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416045552/https://www.fnnews.com/news/202101261710319809 |archive-date=2021-04-16 }}

Functionality

Central to NAVER's AI-driven strategy is HyperCLOVA X, the continued refinement of its large language model, HyperCLOVA.{{Cite web |title=HyperCLOVA |url=https://llmmodels.org/tools/hyperclova/ |access-date=26 January 2025 |website=llmmodels.org}}

=Papago Translation=

A neural machine translation service that delivers quality translation of your texts into various languages.{{Cite web |title=CLOVA |url=https://clova.ai/en/naver-ai-product |access-date=26 January 2025 |website=clova.ai |language=en}}

=CLOVA Voice=

CLOVA Voice uses CLOVA Artificial intelligence service that creates a voice synthesizer with new speakers and styles just from a 40-minute long audio and text without the complicated transcription process. This technology enables you to generate synthetic voices that are natural and clean, which sound almost like real human voices.

Interface

Clova Interface Connect is Clova's platform service for hardware manufacturers and IOT companies. It provides a simple way for connecting Clova to speakers, microphones, and any other internet-connected device. It provides APIs, SDKs, and development documentation to connect Clova to your devices and provide voice-based services. This can be applied to a wide range of products, including everyday mobile devices, cars, security system smart speakers, and home IoT devices like robotic vacuum cleaners.

See also

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