Caption Scorer
Detect misleading media and flag clickbait in seconds.
What You Can Do With This Tool
For Media Consumers
Understand how closely an article's image and caption align, helping you critically assess how visual content is presented and interpreted in the news.
For Media Professionals
Evaluate how accurately image captions reflect their accompanying visuals, helping ensure clear, relevant, and reliable visual storytelling in news coverage.
For Social Impact Groups
Examine the relationship between news images and their captions to identify potential mismatches and support discussions on responsible visual representation in the media.
For Students & Academics
Explore how images and captions relate in news articles, supporting research into visual communication, media literacy, and the role of imagery in shaping news narratives.
How the Caption Scorer works
Caption Scorer checks how well a photo's caption actually matches what's shown in the image, using a match score and a visual heatmap you can point to as evidence.
STEP 01Pick a starting point
Use Manual Upload to score your own image and caption, or Analyse via Article URL to pull the hero image, title, and caption straight from a published article.
STEP 02Add the caption details
For a manual upload, add the image plus a caption and an optional headline. For a URL, just paste the link, no extra typing needed.
STEP 03Run the analysis
The tool scores how closely the caption matches the image, and does the same for the headline if one was provided.
STEP 04Read the match score
Each score reflects how well the caption or headline lines up with what's actually in the photo. The higher the score, the stronger the match.
STEP 05Check the heatmap
The highlighted overlay shows exactly which part of the image the caption or headline draws attention to, so you can see where it lines up or falls short.
Getting the clearest read
If both a caption and headline are scored, compare their heatmaps side by side. A mismatch between the two often points to where the story and the image diverge.
Tips for Best Results
Be specific: Include sport, timeframe, or location where possible
Ask about trends, representation, tone, or comparisons
Use plain language — no special syntax required
