Open Source Contribution Without Coding to Make the Internet Better Place with “Crowdsource By Google”
A little bit about myself:
My name is Jay Patel, and I am pursuing my engineering in Computer Science and Technology with Big Data And Analytics Specialization.
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Things to Know:
Before Starting My Journey with Crowdsource By Google. You Should know What is Open Source Contribution?, What is Google Crowdsource? And How Does it make the Internet Better Place?
What is Open Source Contribution?
Open Source Contribution means you want to Connect and Work Collaboratively with Other Developers to help the Community.
What is Google Crowdsource?
Google Crowdsource released on August 29, 2016. Crowdsource By Google is a Crowdsourcing Platform developed By Google intended to improve a host of Google services through the user-facing training on Algorithms. Crowdsource By Google will be on Mobile Application as well as on Web Application.
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How Does it Make the Internet Better Place?
Google Crowdsource application makes available with a variety of simple tasks like Image Label Verification, Sentiment Evaluation, Handwriting Recognition, Translation, Translation Validation, Image Capture and many more. By Contributing to these tasks, the user provides valuable data to Google through which they can improve services such as Google Maps, Google Translate, Google Photos, Google Lens and many more.
News: In an August 2016 Review, CNET noted Google’s Statement in Crowdsource Description, “Every Time You Use it, You know that you’ve made the Internet better Place For Your Community”.
Deep Dive Into Google Crowdsource and Experience of ShareYourWorld 2019 Campaign:
My Journey With The Google Crowdsource:
My Journey Starts From the Year 2018 When I was exploring Google Applications On Google Play Store and stumbled on Google Crowdsource App. After opening the application for the first time I saw there are some tasks. As an enthusiastic learner, as I have always been, I was eager to know what these tasks are and what is their utilization, hence I started contributing actively. These Tasks are:
● Image label verification: Tell us if our public images are tagged correctly.
● Image capture: Collect and share photos of your part of the world.
● Translation: Translate phrases and words into different languages.
● Translation validation: Select which phrases are translated correctly.
● Handwriting recognition: Look at handwriting and type the text that you see.
● Sentiment evaluation: Decide if a sentence in your language is positive, negative or neutral.
● Landmarks: Find landmarks in images.
In the beginning, I felt it’s like a game which gives me badges and unlocks certain achievement after completing each level. After completing each task, your contribution count will increase based on your Accuracy and Upvotes.
Upvotes: This is the Number Of Times Other Users Upvoted Your Answer or have given an answer that’s the same as yours.
Accuracy: This is calculated based on how many of your Answers got Accepted into the System. An Answer gets Accepted When enough People Submit the same Answer or Upvote The Answer.
My Experience In ShareYourWorld 2019 Campaign:
One day I was on LinkedIn and I got to know about the ShareYourWorld 2019 Campaign By Google Crowdsource. ShareYourWorld Campaign was a global “Image Capture” Campaign by the Google that ran from 15th August 2019 to 31st October 2019 with an effort to gather images to train Google’s Machine Learning Models. There were Benchmark levels for Top Contributors for the campaign and exciting rewards to be won. The campaign ended on 31st October 2019 and I contributed over 1000 images and ranked in the world, Top 50 in the “Image Capture” category on the Leaderboard.
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Summary:
It was a great experience contributing to the ShareYourWorld Campaign and I feel overwhelmed to be a part of the Google Crowdsource Community. Your contributions make Google products better in your part of the world. Teach Google Translate your language, help Google Photos identify objects, help GBoard understand handwriting or contribute to an ever-growing and diverse library of images to help train Machine Learning models. According To Me, “Open Source Contribution Without Coding To make The Internet a Better Place with Crowdsource by Google” is truly a correct statement for this product and we thank Google for this opportunity to help us do our part.
