How does KORENANI handle photos for recognition?
KORENANI photo recognition is not completed only on the device. When you ask the app to recognize a photo, the image is sent to KORENANI's API server, processed by a recognition service, and returned as a name plus a short explanation.
Where your photos go
When you take a picture inside KORENANI and ask the app to recognize it, the image is sent from your device to KORENANI's API server. The server passes the image to a recognition service, which returns the name of what's in the photo, plus a short description.
The picture you take is used for that recognition step. It is handled in line with KORENANI's purpose — helping kids put names to the world around them.
| Area | How KORENANI handles it | Parent note |
|---|---|---|
| Photos | Sent to the API server for recognition | Avoid photos that clearly show sensitive personal or household information |
| Recognition results | Stored as labels, short descriptions, and related audio | Used later for collections and quizzes |
| Ads and tracking | Ad-free, with no behavioral tracking of children | The app is not built around advertising use |
| Parental gate | Included for parent-facing actions such as purchases | Helps keep important actions under adult review |
Services involved
KORENANI runs three different recognition flows, tuned for general objects, insects, and plants. Some of those flows rely on external cloud-based vision services to do the heavy lifting on the model side.
We don't fix specific provider names or model versions in this article, because those choices can evolve over time. The current details, including the third parties involved, are written up in our privacy policy.
What we store
For each account, we keep the records we need to give you a continuous learning experience and to let you go back and revisit the things you've spotted. The main categories are:
- Account information and child profiles
- Recognition results — labels, short descriptions, and the matching audio files
- The photos you've saved (kept as references in our storage)
- Your plan and billing events
- Quiz and progress data tied to learning activities
Things to keep in mind at home
Because recognition runs through our servers rather than entirely on the device, what you point the camera at is a parental decision. We recommend avoiding photos that capture sensitive personal information about your child or family. Use KORENANI the way you'd use any camera-based app: pick subjects you'd be comfortable sharing.
For the legal details
This guide is a plain-English overview. For the binding language about how photo data is handled, please read the privacy policy.