Observed arrival · 2026-09-14
VinylCat: Hold Up a Record, That's It
A hands-free macOS tool that uses a camera, OCR, vision models, and Discogs to identify vinyl records and speak the result aloud.
Field notes
The documented pipeline starts with one still image after the record is held steady, then tries local barcode and OCR passes before optional model-assisted reading. Discogs searches can use catalogue number, barcode, label and title, with up to six queries and a 0.85 match threshold. Ambiguous releases can be selected by voice, while low-confidence records retain their photo and evidence in a review queue. The listed build is version 0.2.1 for macOS 15+ on Apple silicon.
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