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Computer Vision

Computer vision is a discipline that forms part of Artificial Intelligence. It enables machines to interpret and understand visual information from the surrounding world, transforming visual images into descriptive data.

Some information about the learning material found on this page:

  • the first two learnings are suitable for all staff, and the latter learnings are suitable for Government Digital and Data professionals, or those with a technical interest
  • there is no need to complete all learning material; choose what is relevant to you
  • all learning material is free, but may require the creation of a free account to access
  • some learning material contains practical exercises requiring a licence; exercises can be skipped if necessary

Learning Outcomes

Based on the learning material you choose, you will be able to:

  • describe the fundamental principles and techniques that underpin computer vision
  • explore facial recognition techniques across both video and still images through experimentation
  • use computer vision tools to perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) within images

Learning Material

What is Computer Vision?

Microsoft article introducing the basic concepts of computer vision.


Introduction to computer vision concepts

Microsoft written course introducing computer vision concepts.


Get started with computer vision in Azure

Microsoft written course on Azure AI Vision service enabling software engineers to create intelligent solutions that extract information from images.


Develop computer vision solutions with Azure

Microsoft learning path exploring image and video analysis and classification.


Amazon Rekognition Getting Started

AWS eLearning covering the benefits, usage and pricing structure of Amazon Transcribe of Amazon Rekognition.