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Has anyone found a good alternative to Google Lens for (reverse) image search? (lemmy.world)
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Looking for a non-Google-based way to identify things from photos, like the species of a tree I’m looking at or the purpose of an object I’m not familiar with

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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

For identifying plants and animals, there’s an app called inaturalist. If you have an iPhone, supposedly you can use built-in tools in the photos app to analyze images in the current version of iOS.

https://www.inaturalist.org/

https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/identify-objects-in-your-photos-and-videos-iph21c29a1cf/ios