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WhoBird is much better for this, as it's realtime and processed on-device. It stores a log of each bird identified along with the percentage match, and can optionally store a clip of the audio that triggered the match.
Is WhoBird Android-only? Not finding it in the iPhone App Store?
Loving these kind of apps :-) I personally use WhoBird, which runs complete local on your android device, so it works also when you don't have internet and is available on fdroid ( https://f-droid.org/packages/org.woheller69.whobird/ ). Will give merlin a shot as well to see how it compares
I'm friends with some of the researchers on the Sound ID portion of this app! The team's gone to great lengths to make sure the machine learning models and evals are solid. Under the hood, Sound ID is a great example of how "domain-expert-driven" careful research can give more reliable results than just feeding in data and hoping for the best.
I love this app. I use it all the time. But I do have a complaint, that you can't upload an image via the web from your PC. For those of us who use a DSLR for our birding photos, the UX to have to transfer images to our phone to send them through the app is really painful. It isn't the end of the world. It just makes me ID my birds in other ways. But it would be nice to provide non-mobile UX options.
If you're interested in trying a web-based alternative, I have a demo space at https://huggingface.co/spaces/birder-project/birder-image-cl... where you can upload images directly from your browser. Fair warning though - it's primarily designed to showcase the models rather than provide any kind of user experience, so you'll need to manually select the appropriate regional model (look for suffixes like eu-common, arabian-peninsula, etc. based on where your photos were taken).
The coverage is still very limited... More regions will follow in the coming months.
Loving these kind of apps :-) I personally use WhoBird, which runs complete local on your android device, so it works also when you don't have internet and is available on fdroid ( https://f-droid.org/packages/org.woheller69.whobird/ ). Will give merlin a shot as well to see how it compares
I know there are many apps for plant identification but does anyone have a recommendation for a good one? (iSeek mentioned in another comment doesn't seem to be available on iOS where I live)
Seek by inaturalist
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I do find myself wishing Sound ID would identify additional wildlife beyond birds. Anyone heard of such a project?
Another app I enjoy is Seek by iNaturalist!
Great app. One improvement I'd like is that if you play back sounds from the app you are allowed to cast the sound to an external speaker. I cannot.