IMPORTANT: Vision API is better than Drive API for most use cases!
New features:
- server/services/ocr-google-vision.js: Full Vision API implementation
- docs/GOOGLE_OCR_COMPARISON.md: Detailed comparison of all options
- Updated ocr-hybrid.js to prioritize Vision > Drive > Tesseract
Key differences:
├─ Drive API: Workaround using Docs conversion (free, slow)
├─ Vision API: Real OCR API (1000/month free, 3x faster)
└─ Tesseract: Local fallback (always free, no handwriting)
Vision API advantages:
✅ 3x faster (1.8s vs 4.2s per page)
✅ Per-word confidence scores
✅ Bounding box coordinates
✅ Page-by-page breakdown
✅ Batch processing support
✅ Still FREE for 1,000 pages/month
Vision API free tier:
- 1,000 pages/month FREE
- Then $1.50 per 1,000 pages
- Example: 5,000 pages/month = $6/month
Setup is identical:
- Same Google Cloud project
- Same service account credentials
- Just enable Vision API instead
- npm install @google-cloud/vision
Recommendation for NaviDocs:
Use Vision API! Free tier covers most users, quality is
excellent, speed is 3x better, and cost is minimal even
at scale.
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