+> **NOTE**: OpenVINO 2019 R1 release introduced a [Python\* version of the Calibration Tool](./inference-engine/tools/calibration_tool/README.md). This is now a recommended version since it supports a larger set of topologies and datasets. The [C++ version of the Calibration Tool](./inference-engine/samples/calibration_tool/README.md) is still in the package but deprecated and will not be updated for new releases.
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+The C++ Calibration Tool calibrates a given FP32 model so that is can be run in low-precision 8-bit integer