Naver Launches AI Reading Assistant 'Clova Lamp' Highlighted

[Asia Economy Reporter Buaeri] Naver announced on the 8th that it will launch the smart lamp "Clova Lamp" equipped with the artificial intelligence (AI) platform Clova.

The "Clova Lamp" is a lighting-type device that integrates Clova's AI technology, developed with a focus on enabling preschoolers and lower-grade elementary school children to read paper books on their own.

The "Clova Lamp" incorporates various AI technologies for reading books aloud.

Optical character recognition technology "Clova OCR" is applied to recognize the text of books such as fairy tales, Korean books, and English books placed under the lamp, and reads them aloud in natural child or adult voices through speech synthesis technology called "Clova Voice." In particular, the female adult voice "Ara" can express emotions in the text such as joy and sadness while reading the book.

Through image analysis technology "Clova Vision," the lamp recognizes whether the page opened under the lamp is a partnered book, and plays the corresponding audio for partnered books.

For non-partnered books, it recognizes the text using Clova OCR technology and reads it aloud. Clova Lamp provides audio for about 2,000 partnered books from major publishers such as Daekyo, Kidscolle, JY Books (Nobuyoung), and KidsM, and plans to continuously expand the partnered books.

The Clova Lamp will officially go on sale through Naver Shopping's "New Arrival WEEK" promotion from the 20th to the 26th.

Jung Seok-geun, CEO of Naver Clova CIC, said, "Naver Clova is introducing products and services that positively change lives through AI technology," adding, "We hope that the Clova Lamp will serve as an opportunity for children to develop the habit of reading paper books without their parents' help."

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