Comments on: Image Recognition Problem Finally Solved: Let’s Pay People To Tag Photos http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:54:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Techlife » TagCow - Photo tagging made easy http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2294187 Techlife » TagCow - Photo tagging made easy Tue, 13 May 2008 19:34:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2294187 [...] co-founder, he revealed it is part automated and part human-based. I would even venture to suggest different humans were assigned to my photos, as the results were slightly different for each image I uploaded. There was even a typo! Due to [...] [...] co-founder, he revealed it is part automated and part human-based. I would even venture to suggest different humans were assigned to my photos, as the results were slightly different for each image I uploaded. There was even a typo! Due to [...]

]]> By: Jhan-so-lee » My super power… http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2292422 Jhan-so-lee » My super power… Mon, 12 May 2008 23:15:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2292422 [...] any computer at the moment. Many companies are working on a solution but no winner yet. Tagcow (covered by Techcrunch here) tried to “cheat” and hire humans to do it and masked it behind a web app but even that [...] [...] any computer at the moment. Many companies are working on a solution but no winner yet. Tagcow (covered by Techcrunch here) tried to “cheat” and hire humans to do it and masked it behind a web app but even that [...]

]]> By: ClintJCL http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2199859 ClintJCL Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:12:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2199859 ^ 19 days to get 5 tags on 1 picture. 1 of the tags was wrong, AND they messed up the flickr page by converting spaces to underscores. ^ 19 days to get 5 tags on 1 picture. 1 of the tags was wrong, AND they messed up the flickr page by converting spaces to underscores.

]]> By: ClintJCL http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2199854 ClintJCL Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:12:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2199854 Yea, this service just plain doesn't work. Check it out; my wife guinea pig'ed it for me and it SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS as a service: http://carolyncasl.wordpress.com/2008/04/19/tagcow-sucks/ "I was a guinea pig for TagCow We figured if this was going to do what it says it’d do, that save us a lot of time tagging our pictures. In order to use TagCow, you have to register with their site, and upload the pictures to them. You can sign up for their flickr service, which I did, and they are supposed to tag your photo and then upload it to flickr. In order to tag people, you have to upload a picture of that person and assign their name to that picture. I uploaded a picture of me and Clint. Then I uploaded one picture. Several days later, the picture still wasn’t tagged. One day after I signed up and uploaded my one test picture, it was confirmed that it is actual humans tagging the pictures. I reported to Clint that my picture still wasn’t tagged. A week later, it still wasn’t tagged. Guess what.. I forgot about it. Until today. After realizing what the mystery was (”Hey, TagCow finally tagged my picture!”), we realized that it is still not perfect. First of all, why did they change the spaces to underscores in the title? That makes the title stretch all the way across the screen, and I have to actually use the horizontal scroll-bar! Secondly, it tagged Clint in the picture, but Clint isn’t in that picture. Maybe the human thinks Justin looks like the picture of Clint I uploaded? Who knows. Anyway, I will not be using TagCow in the future. It’s a neat idea, but in practice, they have a long way to go." Yea, this service just plain doesn’t work. Check it out; my wife guinea pig’ed it for me and it SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS as a service:
http://carolyncasl.wordpress.c.....cow-sucks/

“I was a guinea pig for TagCow We figured if this was going to do what it says it’d do, that save us a lot of time tagging our pictures.
In order to use TagCow, you have to register with their site, and upload the pictures to them. You can sign up for their flickr service, which I did, and they are supposed to tag your photo and then upload it to flickr. In order to tag people, you have to upload a picture of that person and assign their name to that picture. I uploaded a picture of me and Clint. Then I uploaded one picture. Several days later, the picture still wasn’t tagged.

One day after I signed up and uploaded my one test picture, it was confirmed that it is actual humans tagging the pictures. I reported to Clint that my picture still wasn’t tagged. A week later, it still wasn’t tagged.

Guess what.. I forgot about it.

Until today. After realizing what the mystery was (”Hey, TagCow finally tagged my picture!”), we realized that it is still not perfect. First of all, why did they change the spaces to underscores in the title? That makes the title stretch all the way across the screen, and I have to actually use the horizontal scroll-bar! Secondly, it tagged Clint in the picture, but Clint isn’t in that picture. Maybe the human thinks Justin looks like the picture of Clint I uploaded? Who knows.

Anyway, I will not be using TagCow in the future. It’s a neat idea, but in practice, they have a long way to go.”

]]> By: TagCow Sucks « La de da http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2199839 TagCow Sucks « La de da Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:08:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2199839 [...] 19, 2008 TagCow Sucks Posted by Carolyn under Customer Service, technical, web   I was a guinea pig for TagCow. We figured if this was going to do what it says it’d do, that save us a lot of [...] [...] 19, 2008 TagCow Sucks Posted by Carolyn under Customer Service, technical, web   I was a guinea pig for TagCow. We figured if this was going to do what it says it’d do, that save us a lot of [...]

]]> By: Chinese Photo Site Tuyuan May Do Facial Recognition. Or It May Just Put Boxes Around People’s Heads — The People’s Republic Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2183596 Chinese Photo Site Tuyuan May Do Facial Recognition. Or It May Just Put Boxes Around People’s Heads — The People’s Republic Blog Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:17:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2183596 [...] (never launched), and Polar Rose (in private beta for nearly a year), among others. Most recently Tagcow came on the scene, but it turns out it uses humans to tag photos, which tends to produce bad [...] [...] (never launched), and Polar Rose (in private beta for nearly a year), among others. Most recently Tagcow came on the scene, but it turns out it uses humans to tag photos, which tends to produce bad [...]

]]> By: in Tech Today » Blog Archive » Need A Job? Make $1.20/hour Tagging Photos http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2161274 in Tech Today » Blog Archive » Need A Job? Make $1.20/hour Tagging Photos Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:05:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2161274 [...] service <a href="http://www.tagcow.com/">TagCow</a> caused a <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag...">bit of a stir</a> over the weekend. The product seemingly solves the problem of [...] [...] service <a href="http://www.tagcow.com/">TagCow</a> caused a <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag…">bit of a stir</a> over the weekend. The product seemingly solves the problem of [...]

]]> By: dunke yao ming http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2145426 dunke yao ming Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:46:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2145426 new knowlegre new knowlegre

]]> By: Jerry http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2135218 Jerry Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:10:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2135218 @60 I have multiple accounts my friend, I have multiple accounts Jerry "hates fucking chinks" Wank @60 I have multiple accounts my friend, I have multiple accounts

Jerry “hates fucking chinks” Wank

]]> By: Harry Wang http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2114044 Harry Wang Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:01:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2114044 @59: Double-blind my friend, double-blind. Harry "covering all the angles" Wang @59: Double-blind my friend, double-blind.

Harry “covering all the angles” Wang

]]> By: Jerry http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2073294 Jerry Wed, 02 Apr 2008 06:03:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2073294 I tried a few. I tagged all images group sex, orgy, fellatio, swingers, voyeur etc. They were some guy's Christmas photos I tried a few. I tagged all images group sex, orgy, fellatio, swingers, voyeur etc. They were some guy’s Christmas photos

]]> By: B http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2073196 B Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:42:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2073196 It is done through amazon mechanical turk. Workers get 5 photos and are paid $.04 to label all the text in the photo and to "Describe, using simple, generic terms, what you see in the image. (Examples: family, beach, drawing, child, child eating spaghetti, letter, disneyland, envelope, greeting card, etc.)" Tagcow's response to the increased load has been an offer of a $10 bonus to every 200 hits completed (that's 1000 photos as each hit has 5 photos). Be aware since anyone can sign up to mechanical turk, all your photos you want tagged are viewable by the public. It is done through amazon mechanical turk.

Workers get 5 photos and are paid $.04 to label all the text in the photo and to “Describe, using simple, generic terms, what you see in the image. (Examples: family, beach, drawing, child, child eating spaghetti, letter, disneyland, envelope, greeting card, etc.)”

Tagcow’s response to the increased load has been an offer of a $10 bonus to every 200 hits completed (that’s 1000 photos as each hit has 5 photos).

Be aware since anyone can sign up to mechanical turk, all your photos you want tagged are viewable by the public.

]]> By: NB http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2073004 NB Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:56:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2073004 hmmm....looking at the number of HITS that has been waiting for a worker at Mechanical Turk, they will be having indefinite delays in tagging it seems :) Another I have more money than sense, money-down-the-drain, web 2.0 madness. hmmm….looking at the number of HITS that has been waiting for a worker at Mechanical Turk, they will be having indefinite delays in tagging it seems :) Another I have more money than sense, money-down-the-drain, web 2.0 madness.

]]> By: » Resim algılama problemi çözüldü mü? Duymadim.com: Bunudamı duymadın? Araç Bilgisayar Bilim Donanım Fragmanlar Genel Komedi Magazin Müzik Mobil Oyunlar Son Dakika Spor Teknoloji Uzay Video Yazılım İnternet Yeni teknolojiler Yeni telef http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2070232 » Resim algılama problemi çözüldü mü? Duymadim.com: Bunudamı duymadın? Araç Bilgisayar Bilim Donanım Fragmanlar Genel Komedi Magazin Müzik Mobil Oyunlar Son Dakika Spor Teknoloji Uzay Video Yazılım İnternet Yeni teknolojiler Yeni telef Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:52:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2070232 [...] TagCow etiketlendiriyor. İnanılmaz görünen bu sistemin nasıl işlediği ise bir sır. Haber‘i veren Michael Arrington bunun otomatik olarak değil insan gücüyle yani manuel olarak [...] [...] TagCow etiketlendiriyor. İnanılmaz görünen bu sistemin nasıl işlediği ise bir sır. Haber‘i veren Michael Arrington bunun otomatik olarak değil insan gücüyle yani manuel olarak [...]

]]> By: Computer Vision for Dummies » TechCrunch finally realizes that image recognition has not been solved http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2069882 Computer Vision for Dummies » TechCrunch finally realizes that image recognition has not been solved Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:40:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2069882 [...] new post at TechCrunch just appeared: Image Recognition Problem Finally Solved: Let’s Pay People To Tag Photos. A new company apparently provides image recognition for photo tagging - but only with human help! [...] [...] new post at TechCrunch just appeared: Image Recognition Problem Finally Solved: Let’s Pay People To Tag Photos. A new company apparently provides image recognition for photo tagging - but only with human help! [...]

]]> By: Automatisk tagging av bildene dine http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2069552 Automatisk tagging av bildene dine Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:33:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2069552 [...] vi bildene dine med stikkord. Veldig kult. Men de sier ikke noe om hvordan det hele fungerer. Mike Arrington er ganske klar: The answer is, humans do it. I note that the TagCow site is careful not to say anything about the [...] [...] vi bildene dine med stikkord. Veldig kult. Men de sier ikke noe om hvordan det hele fungerer. Mike Arrington er ganske klar: The answer is, humans do it. I note that the TagCow site is careful not to say anything about the [...]

]]> By: TagCow：自动为图片加标签 | SilenceWolf http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2069461 TagCow：自动为图片加标签 | SilenceWolf Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:54:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2069461 [...] a few minutes. The technology appears to be “magic,” meaning there’s no explanation of it. Read more. addthis_url = [...] [...] a few minutes. The technology appears to be “magic,” meaning there’s no explanation of it. Read more. addthis_url = [...]

]]> By: Jay http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2067537 Jay Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:44:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2067537 Strange, searched on the main guys listed for the company and found another company they all founded as well: http://www.muniomemoryservices.com two companies doing the samething under different names by the same people???? Strange, searched on the main guys listed for the company and found another company they all founded as well: http://www.muniomemoryservices.com

two companies doing the samething under different names by the same people????

]]> By: Harry Wang http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2066850 Harry Wang Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:29:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2066850 This task will be human powered for some time to come. I speak from experience. Poor, poor Wang! Harry "I bet they hired a slew of third worldies to do this" Wang This task will be human powered for some time to come. I speak from experience. Poor, poor Wang!

Harry “I bet they hired a slew of third worldies to do this” Wang

]]> By: Susi Doring http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2066124 Susi Doring Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:11:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2066124 A good way to keep your photos organized (aside from human tagging) is with 2pad, an email based photo sharing application. Users send their photos and/or videos to 2pad@pad.com and store their media in their own private online galleries. Since 2pad stores the content of their emails with their photos. Users are able to search with keywords to find their media. A different solution to this human tagging approach. A good way to keep your photos organized (aside from human tagging) is with 2pad, an email based photo sharing application. Users send their photos and/or videos to 2pad@pad.com and store their media in their own private online galleries.

Since 2pad stores the content of their emails with their photos. Users are able to search with keywords to find their media.

A different solution to this human tagging approach.

]]> By: kendy http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2066075 kendy Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:47:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2066075 Top quality watches and handbags http://www.watchhandbag.com Top quality watches and handbags
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]]> By: dailytwitter http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2066011 dailytwitter Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:04:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2066011 Has anyone of you suckers ever thought that this could be an April Fool joke given its April 1st tomorrow - maybe a get in early get you all excited and then pull the rug from under your feet routine.... I shall be looking at this, but geepers yes its complex, but not impossible. another note from the dailytwitter Has anyone of you suckers ever thought that this could be an April Fool joke given its April 1st tomorrow - maybe a get in early get you all excited and then pull the rug from under your feet routine….

I shall be looking at this, but geepers yes its complex, but not impossible.

another note from the dailytwitter

]]> By: wikky http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2065919 wikky Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:13:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2065919 http://www.china-kitchen-cabinets.com http://www.china-kitchen-cabinets.com

]]> By: if(JTeam && Toolman) {blog.read();} » Blog Archive » Who really uses Mechanical Turks? http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2065869 if(JTeam && Toolman) {blog.read();} » Blog Archive » Who really uses Mechanical Turks? Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:48:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2065869 [...] http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-ta... And now suddenly TagCow appears, which allows users to upload photos and have them tagged within a few minutes. The technology appears to be “magic,” meaning there’s no explanation of it. [...] [...] http://www.techcrunch.com/2008.....le-to-ta... And now suddenly TagCow appears, which allows users to upload photos and have them tagged within a few minutes. The technology appears to be “magic,” meaning there’s no explanation of it. [...]

]]> By: Hendra http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2065795 Hendra Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:17:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/29/image-recognition-problem-finally-solved-lets-pay-people-to-tag-photos/#comment-2065795 I'm getting: 503 Service Temporarily Unavailable The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later. Are they experiencing the techcrunch-effect already? ;) I’m getting:

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Are they experiencing the techcrunch-effect already? ;)

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