I always thought Adobe After Effects was so cool just for the ability to track moving objects. I never got around to learning After Effects myself, but what I do know is how to deploy a ML model that does the same job…. minus the… Read More »Firebase ML Kit 9: Object Detection & Tracking
A month past I/O and I’ve only just discovered they’ve expanded the ML Kit yet again with some of the neatest additions yet. The first of which being ML Kit’s Translation and it’s pretty much what it sounds like. You pass in some text and… Read More »Firebase ML Kit 8: Text Translation
It’s been almost a year since the release of Firebase ML Kit and the team brought some neat changes to the package: 4 new AI models to do with Natural Language and Preparation for Production. Of course, as one who advocates the ease of use… Read More »Firebase ML Kit 7: Language Identification & Smart Replies
If you’re already an experienced ML Developer, chances are you already have your own model that can perform operations such as Text Recognition and Face Detection. So why might you want to host your model using Firebase ML Kit? Well, here are the advantages of… Read More »Firebase ML Kit 6: Using Custom TensorFlow Lite Models
When an app can recognise all sorts of known landmarks, it can add a whole new level of experience and immersion. It doesn’t only need to apply to tourism-related apps. Say for example, you have a books app and you stumble across a library. You… Read More »Firebase ML Kit 5: Landmark Recognition
Ever tried out Google Lens and saw the app just tell you everything the camera sees? That’s exactly what Image Labelling is. You pass in an image and in return you get a list of FirebaseVisionCloudLabel each of which contains the label, the confidence (how sure ML Kit is… Read More »Firebase ML Kit 4: Image Labelling
Barcode scanning has been around for a while, and for good reasons. it’s a great way to pass information from the real world to a digital device. If this is you’re first time encountering Firebase ML Kit, feel free to check out my introduction on… Read More »Firebase ML Kit 3: Barcode Scanning
Here’s the second part of the ML Kit series and its going to be Face Detection! You pass in an image and you can get the coordinates of each face’s eyes, ears, etc. and recognise facial expression like people’s sweet smiles! Or you can pass in… Read More »Firebase ML Kit 2: Face Detection
Here marks the beginning of another mini-series, Firebase ML Kit! Machine Learning for beginners and experts alike, even though the only really applicable chapter of this series for experts would be the very last one. For this first entry, we’ll learn how to use Text… Read More »Firebase ML Kit 1: Text Recognition
Firebase has really been at it with new features this time around, and perhaps the biggest among them is the new Firebase Service ML Kit. From the name, we can work out it’s got machine learning shenanigans, but what does it mean for us? How can… Read More »A First Look at Firebase ML Kit: Machine Learning for Beginners and Experienced ML Practitioners