Pocket Field Guide: an AI that wants you to put your phone away
This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 1: Touch Grass What I Built Most nature apps are built like every other app: they want your attention. You point the camera at a bird and get an answer, and then you're scrolling a species page while the bird flies off. Pocket
Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 1: Touch Grass Submission 馃尶
This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 1: Touch Grass
Most nature apps are built like every other app: they want your attention. You point the camera at a bird and get an answer, and then you're scrolling a species page while the bird flies off.
Pocket Field Guide is built the other way round. It's a browser app with two models running entirely on your device, and every screen is designed to send you back outside.
There's no account, no API key and no server. After the first download it works in airplane mode, which is the point: the places worth walking usually have the worst signal.
It's for anyone who wants a reason to go for a walk and a little help noticing things on the way. It's made for beginners.
Try it: pocket-field-guide.onrender.com. Use Chrome or Edge on a laptop. Open Setup, download the models once (~900 MB), and then it works offline.
New to it? The built-in guide explains every feature, how to check that offline mode works, and troubleshooting.
An AI field guide that runs entirely in your browser and is built to get you off the screen.
No account, no API key, no server. After the first download it works with no internet at all.