Try Gemini 1.5 models, our newest multimodal models in Vertex AI, and see what you can build with a 1M token context window. Try Gemini 1.5 models, our newest multimodal models in Vertex AI, and see what you can build with a 1M token context window.

Generate text from an image

This sample demonstrates how to use the Gemini model to generate text from an image.

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Python

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import vertexai

from vertexai.generative_models import GenerativeModel, Part

# TODO(developer): Update and un-comment below line
# project_id = "PROJECT_ID"

vertexai.init(project=project_id, location="us-central1")

model = GenerativeModel(model_name="gemini-1.5-flash-001")

response = model.generate_content(
    [
        Part.from_uri(
            "gs://cloud-samples-data/generative-ai/image/scones.jpg",
            mime_type="image/jpeg",
        ),
        "What is shown in this image?",
    ]
)

print(response.text)

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