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Image Analysis and OCR with Azure AI Vision

by Axel Sirota

Unlock the power of Azure AI Vision. This course will teach you how to analyze images, perform real-time video analytics, and extract text using OCR, enabling you to leverage advanced AI capabilities for various vision-related tasks.

What you'll learn

Understanding and leveraging advanced AI capabilities can be challenging, especially for beginners. In this course, Image Analysis and OCR with Azure AI Vision, you’ll learn to effectively use Azure Cognitive Services for various vision-related tasks. First, you’ll explore how to leverage image analysis to automatically caption images, classify them into categories, generate rich insights, and utilize smart cropping. Next, you’ll discover how to build real-time video analytics applications using spatial analysis for tracking movement, counting people, and understanding behavior in physical spaces. Finally, you’ll gain hands-on experience with OCR to extract printed and handwritten text from images containing mixed languages and diverse writing styles. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of Azure AI Vision needed to apply these advanced capabilities in your projects

About the author

Axel Sirota is a Microsoft Certified Trainer with a deep interest in Deep Learning and Machine Learning Operations. He has a Masters degree in Mathematics and after researching in Probability, Statistics and Machine Learning optimisation, he works as an AI and Cloud Consultant as well as being an Author and Instructor at Pluralsight, Develop Intelligence, and O'Reilly Media.

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