Okay, thank you for that nice explanation. I could see how such a feature could really accelerate identifications. I’ve been IDing Unknowns for a couple months now and it is rather tedious. I often include auto text notes to advise new users on more efficient ways; e.g., I type my trigger text and the following suggestions get auto added to the comment.
Trigger text, Unk (Unknown organism) produces:
As this Observation was entered as Unknown, it may not get reviewed by experts. It helps to add even a very high level ID when you enter your observation. I am identifying this very generally in the hope that it will be noticed and identified by someone with more expertise.
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Trigger text, Cv (for using the Computer Vision) produces:
I’m not an expert, but this was Suggested by iNaturalist Computer Vision. Did you know if you click in the Species Name box (it’s under the Suggest an Identification tab) when adding your Observation that iNaturlist software will suggest likely species? It’s not always right, but it is improving all the time. The Compare button may offer similar organisms to consider.
Trigger text, Multi (Multiple organisms) produces:
Your observation includes photos of multiple species. Could you add them as separate observations? If you do that, they’ll may all get IDed. A quick way to fix this observation is to use the duplicate feature. In the upper right corner of the observation page, click the downward arrow next to “Edit” and choose “Duplicate.” Then identify the duplicate observation as the organism in your second picture and uncheck the checkboxes next to the other pictures. You can repeat this process to create new duplicate observations for picture #3, #4, etc. Lastly, come back to the first observation, click “Edit,” and delete the extra picture.
Trigger text, Picturethis (Captive/Cultivated plants) produces:
You may also enjoy using an app called Picture This, which is designed to ID landscaping plants.
Down the road, I could see such automatic educational feedback being a useful part of the development.