Naver Clova Note Surpasses 800,000 Cumulative Downloads... Achieves Both Accuracy and Convenience

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Nahum] Naver's voice recording service 'Clova Note' has surpassed 800,000 cumulative downloads, continuing its rapid growth.

According to Naver on the 7th, the cumulative number of downloads of the Clova Note application (app) exceeded 800,000 on the 2nd. Last month's monthly active users (MAU) reached 270,000, and the number of subscribers exceeded 700,000, increasing by 4.6 times and 9.5 times respectively compared to January.

Users have been utilizing Clova Note for class note-taking, meeting minutes preparation, call history management, and counseling record management.

The popularity of Clova Note is attributed to its excellent voice recognition quality and convenient usability. In July, the voice recognition engine 'NEST (Neural End-to-end Speech Transcriber)', enhanced based on the large-scale AI 'HyperClova', was first integrated into Clova Note, significantly improving voice recognition accuracy.

The speaker recognition engine 'WISE (Who Is Speaking)', which separates voice recognition results by participant, is also continuously improving its performance, and recent related research was presented at 'Interspeech 2021', the world's largest conference in the field of voice technology.

Naver is continuously advancing its voice recognition technology. Recently, it has become capable of recognizing not only Korean but also English and Japanese, which is expected to increase its usefulness for foreign language lectures and conference calls.

Additionally, a recording widget was released that allows users to start recording easily and quickly from the smartphone home screen without the hassle of unlocking the screen, launching the app, and creating a new note.

In June, an update was made to link Clova Note with the video conferencing solution 'Zoom'. By connecting a Zoom account on Clova Note's PC web, notes are automatically created in Clova Note during Zoom meetings, recording and transcribing the meeting content into text.

Users can write memos on Clova Note's PC web during recording, and writing memos related to the meeting content can improve recognition accuracy. When the Zoom meeting ends, Clova Note automatically stops recording and converts the voice into text.

Han Ik-sang, Naver Clova Note's lead manager, said, "We are preparing improvements to sharing and editing functions and group management features to make sharing created notes more convenient," adding, "Starting with Zoom, we will expand integration with various video conferencing solutions such as Naver Works, Naver Whale On, and Google Meet."

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