Listening with Merlin: How Sound ID Works and What It Can (and Can’t) Do - Livestream

Merlin Sound ID has made it possible for anyone to identify birds by sound, but how does it actually work, and how should birders use it? In this talk, I’ll give an accessible overview of how Merlin Sound ID listens to audio and turns it into species suggestions. I’ll describe the kinds of recordings that teach Merlin, how the system continues to improve, and where its strengths and limitations lie.

Speaker: Grant Van Horn, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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