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Microsoft Azure Custom Vision Is Retiring, Roboflow Can Help

1 May 2026 • 9 min read

Azure Custom Vision Is Retiring: Deprecation Migration Guide

Azure Custom Vision retires September 25, 2028. Here is what happens to your models, every migration option compared, and how to move your dataset in an afternoon.

Microsoft Azure AI Custom Vision Alternative Roboflow

7 Nov 2025 • 5 min read

Microsoft Azure AI Custom Vision Alternative & How to Migrate

This guide shows how to easily migrate from Azure Custom Vision to Roboflow.

How to Fine-Tune Qwen2.5-VL with a Custom Dataset

26 Aug 2025 • 10 min read

How to Fine-Tune Qwen2.5-VL with a Custom Dataset

Learn how to fine-tune Qwen2.5-VL for document processing using a custom dataset.

How to Use Roboflow CoreML Models and ESP32 Hardware for IoT

25 Aug 2025 • 10 min read

How to Use Roboflow CoreML Models and ESP32 Hardware for IoT

Learn how to use CoreML models trained on Roboflow to control hardware devices with an ESP32 device.

How to Train YOLO11 Instance Segmentation on a Custom Dataset

21 Aug 2025 • 6 min read

How to Train YOLO11 Instance Segmentation on a Custom Dataset

Learn how to train a YOLO11 instance segmentation model with Roboflow.

How to use YOLOE for Zero-Shot Object Detection & Segmentation

8 Aug 2025 • 5 min read

How to use YOLOE for Zero-Shot Object Detection & Segmentation

SUMMARY YOLOE extends the YOLO family with zero-shot object detection and instance segmentation, letting you specify target classes at inference time rather than training a dedicated model for each task. This tutorial walks through environment setup on a Colab T4 GPU, pulling YOLOE weights from Hugging Face, running text-

Reduce Jittery and Flickering Detections in Computer Vision

6 Aug 2025 • 4 min read

Reduce Jittery and Flickering Detections in Computer Vision

SUMMARY Bounding boxes that jump or flicker between frames are a common problem in computer vision pipelines, caused by inconsistent frame-to-frame model detections. The Supervision Detection Smoother blends past bounding box positions using ByteTrack to produce steadier, more consistent detections across frames. The result is cleaner visual output

How to Create a YOLOv11 Android App

4 Aug 2025 • 9 min read

How to Create a YOLOv11 Android App

SUMMARY This tutorial walks through training a custom YOLOv11 object detection model with Roboflow and deploying it directly on an Android device to build a real-time coin counting app. The model weights are converted from a .pt file to TorchScript format so they can run on-device without a

How to Build an iOS App with Visual AI Capabilities

25 Jul 2025 • 9 min read

How to Build an iOS App with Visual AI Capabilities

SUMMARY This tutorial walks through building an iOS app that detects glasses in real time using a custom RF-DETR Nano model trained in Roboflow and deployed via the roboflow-swift SDK. RF-DETR Nano is chosen specifically for its low latency on live camera streams, making it well suited

Use Qwen2.5-VL for Zero-Shot Object Detection

18 Jul 2025 • 5 min read

Use Qwen2.5-VL for Zero-Shot Object Detection

SUMMARY Qwen2.5-VL is an open source vision-language model available in 3B, 7B, and 72B sizes that can locate and label objects in an image from a plain-text prompt, with no labeled training data or fine-tuning required. This tutorial runs the 7B variant on a T4

Use Gemini 2.5 for Zero-Shot Object Detection & Segmentation

18 Jul 2025 • 7 min read

Use Gemini 2.5 for Zero-Shot Object Detection & Segmentation

Learn how to use Gemini 2.5 for zero-shot object detection and segmentation.

Comparing Base and Fine-Tuned SmolVLM2 for OCR

14 Jul 2025 • 9 min read

Comparing Base and Fine-Tuned SmolVLM2 for OCR

In this guide, we will walk through how to fine-tune SmolVLM2 for OCR.

Use Roboflow Workflows to Collect and Preprocess Image Training Data

11 Jul 2025 • 4 min read

Use Roboflow Workflows to Collect and Preprocess Image Training Data

Learn how to use Roboflow Workflows to collect and preprocess image training data for use in building a vision model.

Creating a Cutting Safety Tool with Keypoint Detection

4 Jul 2025 • 8 min read

Creating a Cutting Safety Tool with Keypoint Detection

Learn how to create a tool that monitors for potentially hazardous posture when cutting food in the kitchen.

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