About Canopy

Canopy Private, local-first bird intelligence for curious listeners. Identify birds from sound, build a personal collection, and turn every walk into a challenge. Getting started · How it works · Features · Roadmap **Beta:** Download Canopy 5.4.0 Local Gemma Beta. **Demo video:** _Coming soon — this space is reserved for the walkthrough video._ What is Canopy? Canopy is an Android app that listens for bird sounds and uses the local BirdNET recognition pipeline to identify likely species. It keeps observations on the device, turns detections into collectible field cards, and optionally uses a downloaded Gemma model to create short explanations, challenges, and answers without sending the user's recordings or collection to a server. Why Canopy? Birding should be approachable even when you do not know what to look for. Audio-first exploration lets people keep their eyes on the trail. Local processing keeps recordings and location history under the user's control. Progress, cards, and challenges make repeated listening feel rewarding. Features Recognition and narration BirdNET-powered microphone detection. Location-aware recognition using the BirdNET metadata model. Adjustable confidence threshold and audio source. Optional Android offline text-to-speech summaries. Optional local Gemma summaries; BirdNET remains the source of truth. No ElevenLabs or cloud voice dependency in the…

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