Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services: Custom Vision API

By Andy Butland
The Custom Vision Service is a machine learning algorithm, provided as a service, supporting image classification for the subject of your choice. This course will show you how to train a model and to integrate it into a variety of applications.
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Course info
Level
Beginner
Updated
Nov 7, 2018
Duration
1h 32m
Table of contents
Course Overview
Course Overview 2m
Introducing the Custom Vision Service
Introduction 1m Introducing the Cognitive Services 2m Computer and Custom Vision Services 3m The Image Classification Challenge 1m Methods of Image Classification 3m Image Classification Using Nearest Neighbour Techniques 5m Summary 1m
Building and Training a Custom Vision Service Model
Introduction 1m A Garden Birds Image Classifier 2m Demo: Signing up for the Custom Vision Service 3m Demo: Creating a Custom Vision Service Project 2m Demo: Training the Vision Service Project 3m Precision and Recall 1m Improving the Model 3m Summary 1m
Working with the Custom Vision Service Prediction API
Introduction 1m Demo: Retrieving API Details from the Service Portal 4m Demo: Review the Garden Birds Classifier in Use 1m Application Architecture Review 2m Tools for Local Development 1m Code Review: Common Project 2m Code Review: ASP.NET Core MVC Web Application 3m Code Review: Azure Function 4m Code Review: Using the Windows Client Library 3m Summary 1m
Working with the Custom Vision Service Training API
Introduction 2m Demo: Review the Web Application 3m Application Architecture Review 2m Code Review: Managing Tags via the ASP.NET MVC Web Application 3m Code Review: Managing Images via the ASP.NET MVC Web Application 3m Summary 1m
Using a Custom Vision Service Model Offline
Introduction 2m Compact Domains 2m Exporting a Model 3m Demo: Using an Exported Model within a UWP Application 6m Demo: Using an Exported Model within a Xamarin/Android Application 6m Demo: Using an Exported Model within a Python Script 3m Summary 1m
Description
Course info
Level
Beginner
Updated
Nov 7, 2018
Duration
1h 32m
Description

The Microsoft Cognitive Services, hosted in Azure, provides a range of APIs that support developers in integrating artificial intelligence (AI) features within their applications. In this course, Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services: Custom Vision API, you will gain the ability to work with the Custom Vision Service, understand its benefits and limitations, create, train and improve an image classification model, and work with it within a range of applications. First, you will learn about the problem of image classification that the Custom Vision Service is designed to solve, and how you can create a model for image recognition dedicated to your subject of interest. Next, you will discover via the service APIs how you can integrate image prediction and model training functionality into your own web applications. Finally, you will explore how to export the model for use in offline contexts, such as within a desktop application or embedded in a mobile app. When you are finished with this course, you will have the skills and knowledge of working with the Custom Vision Service needed to develop and use your own classification models to provide image recognition.

About the author
Andy Butland
About the author

Andy is a developer and architect, working at a digital agency with a primary technical focus on using .Net and Azure to deliver solutions for clients. Future interests include, .Net, Azure, Azure Functions, Bot Framework, Alexa, Umbraco, Sitecore, and EPiServer.

Section Introduction Transcripts
Section Introduction Transcripts

Course Overview
Hi everyone. My name is Andy Butland, and welcome to my course on the Custom Vision Service, part of the Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services. I've been working as a software developer for 20 years primarily on the web, but focusing on. NET and Azure. In recent years, the availability of machine learning algorithms as services has transformed our ability as developers to add artificial intelligence features to our applications. Functionality that once was the _____ of hard core AI experts, can now be accessed by anyone with some development experience and a Cloud subscription. In this course, we're going to investigate one such service, the Custom Vision service, available from Microsoft and hosted on Azure. Some of the major topics topics we will cover include understanding image classification, the problem the service is designed to solve, training a model via the Azure portal and service APIs, integrating the prediction API into a web application, and exporting a model for offline use within mobile and desktop apps. By the end of this course, you will know how to create and train effective custom vision service models and be able to integrate them within a range of applications. Before beginning this course, you should be familiar with the C# programming language. I hope you'll join me on this journey to learn about the Custom Vision service with the Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services Custom Vision API course, at Pluralsight.

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