blindAssist

This Repository is mainly to keep track of the team progress and share each others code swiftly.

-------------Object Detection-------------

If you wish to try tensorflows object recognition API clone the following models from the repository linked below: https://github.com/tensorflow/models

Follow the Installation instruction as shown in the link below: https://github.com/tensorflow/models/blob/master/object_detection/g3doc/installation.md

Once installed and cloned cd into models/research/object_detection/ and copy the object_detection_tutorial.py file from this repository to the models/research/object_detection/ directory and run it using python (python 2.7 is recommended)

-------------Video Streaming-------------

If you wish to try the Video streaming fucntionality just clone from the following repository: https://github.com/log0/video_streaming_with_flask_example

Copy the files in the "video stream" from this repository and paste it in the clone repository above. Also install ngrok from: https://ngrok.com/ This will allow us to access the video stream from any network around the world provided we have the link. All credits for ngrok goes to the GREAT LONG HOANG. To use it just extract the zip folder and run the follownig command: ./ngrok http "input the socket"

Please feel free to edit the read me to help others use your programs.