Image Annotation Blog

A New FotoTagger Website is Launched
I have two news for you today. First, we've officially launched a new Website. Second, a new version of FotoTagger is now available. Read more...

Posted on May 25, 2007 by Alex Masycheff

New FotoTagger for more Convenient Image Annotation is Available
It's my pleasure to announce that a few minutes ago we've released the new version of FotoTagger. It has the version number 2.3. It's now available on the FotoTagger Website. Read more...

Posted on March 15, 2007 by Alex Masycheff

Does Automatic Tagging Have a Commercial Future?
ALIPR is a technology that automatically analyzes image content and suggests tags that can be appropriate to the image. Although it sounds impressive, it's also a very complicated technical task so the current version of ALIPR suggests many absolutely irrelevant tags. Read more...

Posted on February 28, 2007 by Alex Masycheff

Comic Life for Comic Life
FotoTagger is not the only tool that lets users place texts over images. There're plenty of programs that allow you to do that. One of them is Comic Life, a software for creating comics. So what is the difference? Read more...

Posted on February 14, 2007 by Alex Masycheff

O RLY? The Funny Side of Image Annotation
Well, not always what we call here image annotation or text-over-image delivers additional knowledge on image content or feeds search engines more content for indexing. It can be used for conveying funny or sometimes offensive messages. Read more...

Posted on February 11, 2007 by Alex Masycheff

Internet Genealogy Covered FotoTagger in the January Issue
The genealogy community is recognizing FotoTagger Desktop as a tool for labeling family photos. I think there is a very simple explanation why FotoTagger is so popular among genealogists and family historians. It lets people do what they really need: identify ancestors and family members on family photos. Read more...

Posted on February 9, 2007 by Alex Masycheff

Why doesn't Facial Recognition Necessarily Mean Better Search?
Is Polar Rose just one more Riya? Probably, it can be more successful in terms of technology but it unlikely can make image search in the Web better. Read more...

Posted on January 8, 2007 by Alex Masycheff

New Opportunities to Share Annotated Images
Holidays mean new photos and new impressions that you want to share with your family and friends. You asked us about it and we did it - the new version of FotoTagger that we released today lets you created Web galleries and slide shows of annotated images. Read more...

Posted on December 26, 2006 by Alex Masycheff

Enjoy Holidays with FotoTagger
The most amazing thing for me is opening gifts. There's something exciting in these few seconds when you're unwrapping your boxes and trying to guess what's there inside. The new photo quiz that we added to the FotoTagger Galleries is all about guessing and enjoying from answers. Read more...

Posted on December 25, 2006 by Foto Santa

Integration with Text Lets Us Get Value Added Images
Like the new Geographic Web layer in Google Earth adds a new value to geographic maps, the FotoTagger technology turns potentially every image in the Web to the source of useful knowledge. Read more...

Posted on December 15, 2006 by Alex Masycheff

Automatic Image Recognition is still a Marketing Pitch
Several years ago, when passing a border control in the Budapest airport, I had to spend a long hour with the passport control officer who doubt whether I and the guy on my passport’s photo is actually the same person. Fortunately, I had another document with my photo in the wallet and the officer had a chance to carefully compare two photos with the original standing in front of him. Read more...

Posted on December 11, 2006 by Alex Masycheff

Welcome to the blog
Welcome to our image annotation blog. It is devoted to everything related to annotating image content: products, sites, technologies, innovations, approaches, ideas and whatsoever. Read more...

Posted on December 11, 2006