Image Captioning in the Wild: How People Caption Images on Flickr
P. Blandfort, T. Karayil, D. Borth, A. Dengel
Image CaptioningFlickrMultimedia
Abstract
We study how people naturally caption images on Flickr, analyzing real-world image captioning behavior to understand the gap between automated captioning systems and human descriptions in the wild.
Overview
This work investigates how people naturally describe images on Flickr, providing insights into real-world image captioning behavior. Understanding how humans create captions in unconstrained settings is crucial for developing more natural automated captioning systems.
Key Findings
We analyze patterns in how people caption images on Flickr and discuss the implications for designing automated image captioning systems that better align with human captioning behavior.