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Yandex / Yandex Vision OCR

Vision OCR Markdown

Recognize text from an image and return a Markdown representation.

availableClosed weightsOCR
Official documentation (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 14 Oct 2026
12 of 25 specification fields collected
Image input limit10 MB per file; 20 megapixels per image.See specification notes below
Document limitsUp to 200 PDF pages using asynchronous recognition. Single-page PDFs can use the synchronous route.See specification notes below
Input billingNot collectedYandex Vision OCR
Output billingNot collectedNo inferred price

Specifications

Provider-documented facts. “Not collected” means we have not verified that field yet, not that the feature is unsupported.

Context / input limit
Not collected
Maximum input tokens
Not collected
Maximum output
Not collected

Output consists of recognized text and coordinates; a generative token allowance is not specified.

Reasoning
Not collected
Tool calling
Not collected
Structured output
Not collected

Fixed OCR response fields are documented; this does not establish user-defined LLM JSON Schema support.

Streaming
Not collected
Batch processing
Not collected
Fine-tuning
Not collected
Knowledge cutoff
Not collected
Release date
2025-06-30Source for Release date (opens in a new tab)

Date these API models were added, not a weight-training date.

Parameters
Not collected
Languages
View all 37 entries
  • Azerbaijani (az)
  • Bashkir (ba)
  • Belarusian (be)
  • Bulgarian (bg)
  • Bosnian (bs)
  • Czech (cs)
  • Chuvash (cv)
  • Danish (da)
  • German (de)
  • English (en)
  • Spanish (es)
  • Estonian (et)
  • Finnish (fi)
  • French (fr)
  • Hungarian (hu)
  • Indonesian (id)
  • Italian (it)
  • Kazakh (kk)
  • Kirghiz (ky)
  • Lithuanian (lt)
  • Latvian (lv)
  • Maltese (mt)
  • Dutch (nl)
  • Norwegian (no)
  • Polish (pl)
  • Portuguese (pt)
  • Romanian (ro)
  • Russian (ru)
  • Yakut (sah)
  • Slovak (sk)
  • Slovenian (sl)
  • Serbian (sr)
  • Swedish (sv)
  • Tajik (tg)
  • Turkish (tr)
  • Tatar (tt)
  • Uzbek (uz)
Source for Languages (opens in a new tab)

Supported language options, not simultaneous recognition of every language in one operation.

Context caching
Not collected
Image input limits
10 MB per file; 20 megapixels per image.Source for Image input limits (opens in a new tab)
Document limits
Up to 200 PDF pages using asynchronous recognition. Single-page PDFs can use the synchronous route.Source for Document limits (opens in a new tab)
Data retention
Asynchronous recognition results are retained for 3 days.Source for Data retention (opens in a new tab)

Result retention is not a universal no-training or no-logging commitment.

Native model options
markdownSource for Native model options (opens in a new tab)

Exact model parameter; languageCodes separately chooses the applicable language model.

Billing basis
Each successfully recognized image or PDF page is a separate billable unit. Repeating recognition is separately billed.Source for Billing basis (opens in a new tab)
Language pack selectors
One language model per operation: a Latin-Cyrillic model, or Arabic, Greek, Hebrew, Armenian, Japanese, Georgian, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese or Chinese, each with English and Russian.Source for Language pack selectors (opens in a new tab)
Usage metering
Not collected

The reviewed tariff has no explicit Markdown or Math Markdown row. Printed-text or handwriting prices are not silently assigned.

Access & pricing

Prices belong to an endpoint and billing tier. A provider listing does not guarantee access for every account or region.

API model ID
markdown
Access
POST https://ai.api.cloud.yandex.net/ocr/v1/recognizeText; authenticated model parameter plus languageCodes.
Regions
Contract and deployment dependent; no universal processing region inferred.

Endpoint pricing has not been collected. Check the provider for applicable rates.

Data & enterprise terms

Asynchronous results retained for 3 days; other data policy commitments not established.

Read the service policy (opens in a new tab)
API model ID
markdown
Access
POST https://ai.api.cloud.yandex.net/ocr/v1/recognizeTextAsync; authenticated model parameter plus languageCodes.
Regions
Contract and deployment dependent; no universal processing region inferred.

Endpoint pricing has not been collected. Check the provider for applicable rates.

Data & enterprise terms

Asynchronous results retained for 3 days; other data policy commitments not established.

Read the service policy (opens in a new tab)

Caching

Caching can reuse earlier input processing. Availability, lifetime and billing depend on the endpoint. A cache hit still generates a new response.

01 / INITIAL INPUTProcess & retain

The system processes eligible input and retains reusable state.

02 / LATER REQUESTCheck available state

Reuse depends on matching input, session state and the cache policy.

03 / CACHE HITReuse & generate

Reusing state can reduce repeated work. Any charges follow the billing rules below.

Yandex Vision OCR

markdown
Not verified

No exact-model prompt cache or cache discount verified. Repeat requests are not assumed free.

How it works
Not collected
Minimum reusable input
Not collected
Lifetime & refresh
Not collected
How to enable it
Not collected
Usage fields
Not collected
Billing rules
Not collected
Limits & data boundaries
Not collected

No verified cache rate for this endpoint. An empty rate is not a zero charge.

Caching reviewed 14 Oct 2026

Yandex Vision OCR

markdown
Not verified

No exact-model prompt cache or cache discount verified. Repeat requests are not assumed free.

How it works
Not collected
Minimum reusable input
Not collected
Lifetime & refresh
Not collected
How to enable it
Not collected
Usage fields
Not collected
Billing rules
Not collected
Limits & data boundaries
Not collected

No verified cache rate for this endpoint. An empty rate is not a zero charge.

Caching reviewed 14 Oct 2026

What the measurements say

No benchmark observations have been added for this model. We do not turn a vendor description into a performance score.

Latency and throughput depend on the host, request size, reasoning settings and load. There is no measured speed or global usage figure in this record.

The record behind the model

Why it is included

Provider names this native recognition or synthesis model in its hosted API documentation. No exact matching downloadable checkpoint was found in the reviewed official Yandex model inventory; public SDK source does not release the served model weights.

Classification evidence (opens in a new tab)

Lifecycle dates

Markdown OCR selectors added30 Jun 2025Source (opens in a new tab)
Provider announced an OCR model refresh; no immutable revision ID supplied18 May 2026Source (opens in a new tab)

Sources reviewed