Analyzing Image Content Programmatically: Using the Microsoft Cognitive Vision API

Microsoft Cognitive Computer Vision APIs are Azure, Cloud-based, powerful REST services. These APIs provide developers access to advanced machine learning algorithms for processing images and returning back the image analysis in a JSON-structured format. Cognitive Vision APIs help developers to build powerful intelligence into the applications to enable natural and contextual interactions. Computer Vision APIs could be used for information such as image description, recognizing celebrities, reading text from images, and generating thumbnails. The Computer Vision API can tag images according to their content. Read my article for details..

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