Course Curriculum

Introduction to 00:05:00
Import the Libraries 00:09:00
Accessing the Caption Dataset for Training 00:05:00
Accessing the Image DataSet for Training 00:02:00
Preprocessing the Text Data 00:11:00
Pre-Process and Load Captions Data 00:00:00
Loading the Captions for Training and Test Data 00:04:00
Preprocessing of Image Data 00:11:00
Loading Features for Train and Test Dataset 00:09:00
Text Tokenization and Sequence Text 00:11:00
Data Generators 00:11:00
Define the Model 00:03:00
Evaluation of Model 00:09:00
Test the Model 00:08:00
Create Streamlit App 00:10:00
Streamlit Prediction 00:06:00
Test Streamlit App 00:03:00
Deploy Streamlit on AWS EC2 Instance 00:09:00

Overview

Hands on Machine Learning Project – Auto Image Captioning for Social Media is a practical, project-based course that teaches you how to build an AI-powered image captioning system from scratch. Combining machine learning, deep learning, and computer vision, you’ll create a real application that automatically generates captions for images, an increasingly valuable skill for social media, content creation, and digital marketing.

You’ll learn how to prepare image and text datasets, train an image captioning model, and generate accurate captions using modern machine learning techniques. The course also covers deploying your application with Streamlit and AWS, giving you hands-on experience in building and launching an end-to-end AI application for real-world use.

Whether you’re interested in artificial intelligence, computer vision, deep learning projects, or practical machine learning with Python, this course helps you gain valuable, job-ready skills while building an impressive portfolio project. No advanced experience is required, just a willingness to learn by building.

Learning Outcomes

  • Prepare and clean image and text data ready for a machine learning model
  • Build and train a model that generates captions automatically from pictures
  • Apply tokenisation techniques to convert text into a format models can learn from
  • Evaluate and test a trained model to check how accurately it performs
  • Turn a working model into a live, usable web application
  • Deploy a machine learning app to the cloud using AWS
  • Complete a full, hands-on project suited to social media and content platforms

Will I receive a certificate of completion?

Upon successful completion, you will qualify for the UK and internationally-recognised CPD accredited certification. You can choose to make your achievement formal by obtaining your PDF Certificate at the cost of £9 and Hard Copy Certificate for £15.

Why study this course

It doesn’t matter if you are an aspiring professional or absolute beginner; this course will enhance your expertise and boost your CV with critical skills and an accredited certification attesting to your knowledge.

The Hands on Machine Learning Project – Auto Image Captioning for Social Media is fully available to anyone, and no previous qualifications are needed to enrol. All Cambridge Open Academy needs to know is that you are eager to learn and are over 16.

Certification:​

Once you have successfully completed this course, you can order a certificate as proof of your achievement.

A PDF certificate is available for £5.99. You can also request a hardcopy certificate for £9.99.

Delivery of the hardcopy certificate is free within the United Kingdom. For international learners, an additional delivery charge will apply based on the destination country.

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