This section provides reference documents that guide you through developing your own deep learning applications with the OpenVINO™ toolkit. These documents will most helpful if you have first gone through the [Get Started](get_started.md) guide.
## Converting and Preparing Models
With the [Model Downloader](@ref omz_tools_downloader) and [Model Optimizer](MO_DG/Deep_Learning_Model_Optimizer_DevGuide.md) guides, you will learn to download pre-trained models and convert them for use with the OpenVINO™ toolkit. You can provide your own model or choose a public or Intel model from a broad selection provided in the [Open Model Zoo](model_zoo.md).
The [OpenVINO™ Runtime User Guide](OV_Runtime_UG/openvino_intro.md) explains the process of creating your own application that runs inference with the OpenVINO™ toolkit. The [API Reference](./api_references.html) defines the Inference Engine API for Python, C++, and C and the nGraph API for Python and C++. The Inference Engine API is what you'll use to create an OpenVINO™ application, while the nGraph API is available for using enhanced operations sets and other features. After writing your application, you can use the [Deployment Manager](install_guides/deployment-manager-tool.md) for deploying to target devices.
The toolkit provides a [Performance Optimization Guide](optimization_guide/dldt_optimization_guide.md) and utilities for squeezing the best performance out of your application, including [Accuracy Checker](@ref omz_tools_accuracy_checker), [Post-Training Optimization Tool](@ref pot_README), and other tools for measuring accuracy, benchmarking performance, and tuning your application.
## Graphical Web Interface for OpenVINO™ Toolkit
You can choose to use the [OpenVINO™ Deep Learning Workbench](@ref workbench_docs_Workbench_DG_Introduction), a web-based tool that guides you through the process of converting, measuring, optimizing, and deploying models. This tool also serves as a low-effort introduction to the toolkit and provides a variety of useful interactive charts for understanding performance.
The OpenVINO™ toolkit also works with the following media processing frameworks and libraries:
* [Intel® Deep Learning Streamer (Intel® DL Streamer)](@ref openvino_docs_dlstreamer) — A streaming media analytics framework based on GStreamer, for creating complex media analytics pipelines optimized for Intel hardware platforms. Go to the Intel® DL Streamer [documentation](https://dlstreamer.github.io/) website to learn more.
* [Intel® oneAPI Video Processing Library (oneVPL)](https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/documentation/oneapi-programming-guide/top/api-based-programming/intel-oneapi-video-processing-library-onevpl.html) — A programming interface for video decoding, encoding, and processing to build portable media pipelines on CPUs, GPUs, and other accelerators.
You can also add computer vision capabilities to your application using optimized versions of [OpenCV](https://opencv.org/) and [OpenVX](https://khronos.org/openvx).
