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Google Cloud Vision API changes the way applications understand images

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Re: Google Cloud Vision API changes the way applications understand images

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Post by GeorgiKadrev »

Veratyr wrote: post #3

I wonder what this'll mean for startups like https://imagga.com/ and how pricing will change. Also wonder if they'll bring the ability to train your own classifiers using their networks...

We kind of expected that, as it was just a matter of time since they announces Google Photos capabilities and recently the TensorFlow.

Funny enough I just answered a similar question a few days ago here - http://kaptur.co/10-questions-for-a-founder-imagga/

The bottom line is - we believe we can provide much better API service with competing level of technology precision.

At the same time we also stress a lot on specific things like custom categorization training and enterprise/on-premise installations (both differ from custom software).

Actually we don't plan to run away in a niche market, though some people suggest it as a proper strategy. We'll give them a good run for their money on the broad use-case. I believe that the "Hacker" culture works in our favour in this case and I hope you help us prove it :)

Re: Google Cloud Vision API changes the way applications understand images

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Post by macboy012 »

davidbarker wrote: post #40

I've been going round in circles for the last 15 minutes, trying to sign up for access. I've tried every ID I can find in my account for the "Google Cloud Platform user account ID", but none seem to be working, and it won't allow me to submit the form without a valid ID. Is anyone else having the same issue/know where I can find this ID?

I already quit the signup process once because I got frustrated trying to find the ID and couldn't, then came back later, still no success.

Anyone who has successfully signed up, where is the user account ID?

Re: Google Cloud Vision API changes the way applications understand images

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Post by gohrt »

akshayB wrote: post #16
nicklo wrote: post #5

I wonder what this means for computer vision startups like http://clarifai.com ? Its hard to compete with Google on a task like image classification when Google has immense computational resources, tons of data, and hoards of top researchers.

Forget new services, even a small change in their existing products by Google can destroy lot of companies. Everyone remembers how they ruined email marketing by caching gmail images.

caching images prevents knowing the open rate; it doesn't prevent knowing the response rate on click actions. If people are reading your emails but not clicking, how is that valuable?

Re: Google Cloud Vision API changes the way applications understand images

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Post by sp3n »

davidbarker wrote: post #40

I've been going round in circles for the last 15 minutes, trying to sign up for access. I've tried every ID I can find in my account for the "Google Cloud Platform user account ID", but none seem to be working, and it won't allow me to submit the form without a valid ID. Is anyone else having the same issue/know where I can find this ID?

i was confused by this too, i have never seen a 'google cloud platform user account id' before and i have been using app engine for years - so i just used the email address tied to my app engine account, seemed to work just fine

Re: Google Cloud Vision API changes the way applications understand images

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Post by crb »

davidbarker wrote: post #40

I've been going round in circles for the last 15 minutes, trying to sign up for access. I've tried every ID I can find in my account for the "Google Cloud Platform user account ID", but none seem to be working, and it won't allow me to submit the form without a valid ID. Is anyone else having the same issue/know where I can find this ID?

As it's for whitelisting, it is generally an e-mail address - the ID you are logged into Google with when accessing the Cloud console. If that doesn't work for you, let me know - I work on GCP and I can ping the people who can fix it.

Re: Google Cloud Vision API changes the way applications understand images

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Post by duderific »

gohrt wrote: post #43
akshayB wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Forget new services, even a small change in their existing products by Google can destroy lot of companies. Everyone remembers how they ruined email marketing by caching gmail images.

caching images prevents knowing the open rate; it doesn't prevent knowing the response rate on click actions. If people are reading your emails but not clicking, how is that valuable?

It's also valuable to know the open rate. If people aren't opening your email, maybe it means your email subject line isn't "zingy" enough. At least you could A/B test with different subject lines and see if it changed the open rate.

Re: Google Cloud Vision API changes the way applications understand images

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Post by ramramanathan1 »

macboy012 wrote: post #42
davidbarker wrote: post #40

I've been going round in circles for the last 15 minutes, trying to sign up for access. I've tried every ID I can find in my account for the "Google Cloud Platform user account ID", but none seem to be working, and it won't allow me to submit the form without a valid ID. Is anyone else having the same issue/know where I can find this ID?

I already quit the signup process once because I got frustrated trying to find the ID and couldn't, then came back later, still no success. Anyone who has successfully signed up, where is the user account ID?

Apologies for the difficulty in entering your information. We just need the email address that you use to log onto the GCP console. For your project Id - you can find that in the developer console. IF you click on Dashboard and the upper Left corner has the Project Name and the project Id.
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