Microsoft Computer Vision
The Computer Vision API provides state-of-the-art algorithms to process images and return information. For example, it can be used to determine if an image contains mature content, or it can be used to find all the faces in an image. It also has other features like estimating dominant and accent colors, categorizing the content of images, and describing an image with complete English sentences.…
Microsoft Computer Vision endpoints
| Method | Endpoint | Description |
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| Analyze | ||
| POST |
Analyze Image /analyze |
This operation extracts a rich set of visual features based on the image content. Two input methods are supported -- (1) Uploading an image or (2) specifying an image URL. Within… |
| Describe | ||
| POST |
Describe Image /describe |
This operation generates a description of an image in human readable language with complete sentences. The description is based on a collection of content tags, which are also… |
| Detect | ||
| POST |
Detect Objects /detect |
Performs object detection on the specified image. |
| Models | ||
| GET |
List Models /models |
This operation returns the list of domain-specific models that are supported by the Computer Vision API. Currently, the API supports following domain-specific models: celebrity… |
| POST |
Analyze Image By Domain /models/{model}/analyze |
This operation recognizes content within an image by applying a domain-specific model. The list of domain-specific models that are supported by the Computer Vision API can be… |
| OCR | ||
| POST |
Recognize Printed Text /ocr |
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) detects text in an image and extracts the recognized characters into a machine-usable character stream. |
| Tag | ||
| POST |
Tag Image /tag |
This operation generates a list of words, or tags, that are relevant to the content of the supplied image. The Computer Vision API can return tags based on objects, living… |
| Generate Thumbnail | ||
| POST |
Generate Thumbnail /generateThumbnail |
This operation generates a thumbnail image with the user-specified width and height. By default, the service analyzes the image, identifies the region of interest (ROI), and… |
| Area Of Interest | ||
| POST |
Get Area Of Interest /areaOfInterest |
This operation returns a bounding box around the most important area of the image. |
Microsoft Computer Vision pricing
| Plan | Price | Rate limit | Quotas |
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| BASIC | Free | 20 / minute |
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| PRO | Free | 10 / second |
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| ULTRA | $27 / month | 10 / second |
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| MEGA | $54 / month | 10 / second |
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