Inspiration
I wanted an app that would make bookstore trips a little easier, along with letting me quickly see if a show or movie is bad (provided the name font isn't too esoteric; my model's not /that/ amazing)
What it does
scans the text off of media, including books and TV covers and bumpers, and uses both google books, and TMDB to retrieve relevant info, ratings, and price
How I built it
Mainly python using EasyOCR, tmdbv3api, and Json. (Provided I finished it) The "app" is a flask deployment that can be used on mobile with the camera.
Challenges I ran into
Image Recognition is tough, and I simply didn't have the hardware on my own to train an effective model, so i went for EasyOCR for a "functional enough" model. Even so, too many random letters can throw off the result i.e. movie posters with cast.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Considering I have very little python experience, I'd say I'm proud of hashing together a more or less functional app that does what I originally wanted it to do.
What I learned
lots of python
What's next for Media Mogul
Improve the text recognition to allow the app to be more generally useful.
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