"Descriptive Camera" prints a word picture of your photos
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The "Descriptive Camera" prints a crowdsourced description of the photo it takes instead of the image itself
Once the camera receives the final description, a thermal printer dispenses it like a receipt from the grocer
The "Descriptive Camera" works like a regular camera, but instead of displaying images, it prints out a description of the photo's content in plain English
"Developing" the description of an image requires it to be sent through Amazon's Mechanical Turk API, which submits the task to human workers on the internet
"Developing" the description of an image requires it to be sent through Amazon's Mechanical Turk API, which submits the task to human workers on the internet
The prototype is comprised of a USB webcam and thermal printer attached to a BeagleBone Linux board, which controls the camera's functions
Article Summary
Most cameras today have settings that log the time, date, camera settings, and even location of any photos taken. Unfortunately though, no camera out there can automatically note what a picture actually shows ... until now, that is. Matt Richardson, a student in the Computational Cameras class at New York University‘s Interactive Telecommunications Program, recently created a quirky device called the "Descriptive Camera," which works like a regular camera, but instead of displaying images, it prints out a description of the photo's content in plain English.
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