A walk in the woods, birds chirping from all sides, and no idea who’s singing right now. A new app developed in collaboration with researchers at Chemnitz University of Technology solves exactly this problem. "BirdNET Live" recognizes animal calls in real time - right on your smartphone and even in areas without cell service. The artificial intelligence runs entirely on the device.
Previous apps for identifying animal calls almost always required an internet connection. In dense forests or high mountains, this was often impossible. A team from Chemnitz University of Technology has solved this problem.
The app now acoustically recognizes nearly 10,000 animal species - more than any other app, says developer Dr. Stefan Kahl of Chemnitz University of Technology. According to the researchers, the second-best offline app recognizes only about 2,300 species. “BirdNET Live” identifies 8,927 bird species as well as hundreds of mammals, insects, and amphibians.
