Riya Photo Search (previously called Ojos) went alpha this week. This very cool service uses facial recognition technology to identify people in photos. Text in photos is also recognized, and ultimately, these features will allow for automatic tagging and submission to photo sharing sites. So far, I’ve uploaded uploaded 330 photos. With less than fifteen minutes of training, Riya has recognized 99 faces. I would have spent more time training if it weren’t for email address requirement. Each person that you recognize in Riya requires an email address. This is to create uniqueness; however, most of the faces in my photos are kids who don’t have email addresses yet so it’s hold off or make one up. For situations like this, it would be nice to have an alternate way to arrive at uniqueness. I’m sure they’re working on it.
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