Installation is simple, just download the repo, cd into the main directory, and run the following command to get started:

python3 object-detection-easy-button.py

Then follow the prompts on the screen

With this script, you can...

1. Train a machine learning model from scratch using your own custom labeled images
2. Download pre-labeled images from Googles Open Images Dataset
3. Train a model on your local computer or using Google CoLab

If you are like me and just want to make an object detection model, without getting a masters degree in machine learning to do it, this is the repo for you.

All the code is open source and broken up into small chunks so that it is easy to follow if you want to read through the code.

Most of this code came from the great work done by The AI Guy who also has a great YouTube Channel that you should subscribe to.

The Open Images Dataset can be found here:

https://storage.googleapis.com/openimages/web/visualizer/index.html?set=train&type=detection

More info on ImageAI can be found HERE

A great tool to label images can be found HERE