Student projects/GSOC/2017 ideas list

Here is the list of Open Food Facts proposed projects for the Google Summer of Code.
Any questions can be asked on the dedicated channel on Slack (https://openfoodfacts.slack.com/messages/summerofcode)

Projects

Integrate a cloud-based OCR into Product Opener

Process all uploaded images proactively using Tesseract and/or the New Cloud based engine
Store JSON and return a processed version to mobile client and/or web client for suggestions to the user
Add support to search into OCR results
Create a mini-game to let users turn the Raw OCR into data

Mentor:Stéphane or Laurent
Language:Perl

Improve the edit workflow on mobile

Open Food Facts and Open Beauty Facts rely on crowdsourcing. The easier it is for contributors to complete a product, the faster the base grows. This project is about improving the contribution flow on the mobile app.

Mentor:Stéphane and Pierre
Language:Strong UX skills, good knowledge of Cordova, good HTML and Javascript

Improve the edit workflow online

Open Food Facts and Open Beauty Facts rely on crowdsourcing. The easier it is for contributors to complete a product, the faster the base grows. This project is about improving the contribution flow online.

Mentor:Stéphane and Pierre
Language:Strong UX skills, good HTML and Javascript, some knowledge of Perl

Create a power contribution tool

Open Food Facts and Open Beauty Facts rely on crowdsourcing. The easier it is for contributors to complete a product, the faster the base grows. This projects is about creating a standalone power-edit tool using the API

Mentor:depending on your tech choice
Language:Any web language (Rail, Python, Backend JS framework)

Create an Open Food Facts mobile game

Imagine a game where products would be useful items on your quest, and scanning them would unlock bonuses, Lifepoints… This is about creating a game that would be a fun way to discover more about food or cosmetics and/or contribute to Open Food/Beauty Facts.
Mentor:
Language: Java, Swift/ObjC or Web technologies (Cordova…)

Your own idea

You can of course propose your own great idea, as long as it's suitable in terms of workload with the requirements of the Summer of Code.

Mentors

Name or pseudonym - Skills - Available time for mentoring
Add yourself !