computer vision

computer vision Aug 20, 2026 8 min read

From “butt music” to MIDI: turning hidden notation in images into sound

Bosch’s “butt music” became famous when Amelia Hamrick transcribed hidden notation and turned it into a playable melody. This post explains a practical computer-vision pipeline for converting image-based staff markings into pitches and MIDI.

by ahsan

#computer vision #digital humanities #midi #music information retrieval #python

computer vision Aug 17, 2026 8 min read

GPT-5.6 Sol’s “vision” breakthrough: detection, counting, and why prompts matter

GPT‑5.6 Sol isn’t just better at describing images—it shows a major jump in practical vision tasks. In Roboflow’s benchmark, Sol reaches 46.2 mAP@50 for detection and 73.0% for counting, with strong document layout understanding that improves downstream OCR and extraction.

by ahsan

#benchmarking #computer vision #llm #object detection #ocr