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@NikJov @jscholes This is such a loss of functionality and annoyance throughout Windows. I've had this conversation with developers and program managers so many times and every time an app switches to a new framework we have to start over.

The toolkit has two apps. ImageDescriber is a full UI experience for describing individual images or big batches. There is also a CMD tool, IDT, that you can use. There is a user guide linked with more details and I'll be creating more documentation and obviously refining the experiences. This is a beta and creating Mac software is new to me. The apps are both written in Python with AI assistance and at least here running well. I know famous last words. Issues at https://github.com/kellylford/Image-Description-Toolkit/issues

A big, big warning if you use Claude or OpenAI models. I've done my best to ensure token use here is reasonable but given these services cost, please absolutely check your own account and the token use being logged by the app. I'll continue to refine my prompts and the way I handle images to maximize description quality and minimize cost but please do not start a large batch of images without testing one or two first.

Well, the first beta of the Mac version of my Image Description Toolkit is available at http://www.theideaplace.net/projects/IDT-4.0.0Beta1Bld050.dmg. This allows you to use local Ollama models or Claude or OpenAI models with your own API keys. I wrote a blog post earlier talking about the release but the Mac version wasn't ready. That blog post is at https://theideaplace.net/introducing-idt-4-0-beta-1-an-enhanced-way-to-describe-your-digital-images/. You need Ollama installed as I say but for me on an M1 Mac this is describing images at about 6 seconds per image with Moondream and 31 seconds with Llava.