Submit a photo or PDF and receive a fully structured intelligence report — every person, object, vehicle, animal, and environmental detail catalogued with granular attributes.
The original DescribeThat v1.0 was free — powered by Google Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview. On March 25, 2026, without warning, Google yanked the free API tier and started charging for its use, taking three Iacoletti Software applications offline overnight. Free Google APIs were not a sustainable foundation. DescribeThat Claude v1.0 is rebuilt on the Anthropic Claude API — honest pricing from day one, a better model, and a company that hasn't pulled the rug out from under its developers. It's not free, but at pennies per scan, it's the next best thing.
Most AI tools give you a caption. DescribeThat gives you a complete intelligence dossier. Submit any photo or PDF and receive hundreds of specific extracted data points in a structured, expandable report.
Age, height, weight, build, hair, eyes, skin tone, facial hair, full clothing breakdown, tattoos, piercings, body markings, expression, emotional tone, body language, and activity.
Make, model, year, body style, color, license plate, condition, distinguishing features, orientation, and motion state.
Each object gets attributes relevant to its exact type. Cars get plates. Laptops get screen size. Furniture gets material and upholstery. No generic descriptions.
Photograph a display case and receive a structured catalog of every visible object — verified on a real minerals display: 16 entities, 175 attributes in a single scan.
Time of day, weather, temperature estimate, lighting source and quality, environment classification, focal length, and depth of field — all inferred from visual cues.
Full content extraction from PDF documents — text, structure, authorship, dates, and key intelligence in a structured report.
You pay Anthropic directly via your own API key. Iacoletti Software receives nothing. All figures below are verified against Anthropic Console logs from March 28, 2026.
| Scenario | Entities | Input Tokens | Output Tokens | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple sparse image | ~1-2 | 920 | 2,591 | $0.07 |
| Simple portrait, quick scan | ~3 | 934 | 1,509 | $0.04 |
| Portrait with moderate detail | ~4 | 2,134 | 3,967 | $0.11 |
| Complex scene, multiple entities | ~5-8 | 2,464 | 6,244 | $0.17 |
| Museum display case, detailed scan | ~15 | 2,465 | 6,650 | $0.18 |
| Museum display case (verified 2.9MB, 16 entities, 175 attrs) | 16 | 3,440 | 6,597 | $0.18 |
| Multi-page PDF document | N/A | 12,238 | 1,788 | $0.11 |
| Average across all scan types | — | ~3,100 | ~4,800 | ~$0.14 |
$5 minimum purchase activates your key (~36 scans). $10 covers ~72 scans. Credits never expire.
Go to console.anthropic.com — separate from claude.ai. Sign up with Google or email.
Settings → Billing → Add Payment Method, then Add Credits ($5 minimum). Your API key will not work on an unfunded account.
Settings → Limits → set a monthly cap. $10-$20/month covers most personal use. Takes 30 seconds.
API Keys in the left sidebar → Create Key → name it "DescribeThat" → Create. Copy it immediately — you cannot view it again.
Open describethatclaude.iacolettisoftware.com, paste your key, click Save & Activate. The app remembers it automatically.
For full setup guidance, cost breakdowns, and troubleshooting — read the complete user manual.
Launch the app, enter your API key, and run your first scan. Most users are up and running in under 5 minutes.