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-## Try it!
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-You can access to the hosted CLIP service at [Jina AI's Inference](https://cloud.jina.ai/user/inference) with free credits.
-Inference provides a selection of AI models for common tasks, such as visual reasoning, question answering, or embedding modalities like texts and images. 
-All the available models are accessible via simple API calls - HTTPS or gRPC.
-Read this [Inference Guide](https://clip-as-service.jina.ai/hosting/by-jina/) to learn more.
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 ### Text & image embedding
 
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