Comments on: IDEA #60 – Video Search from the Audio http://www.stevepoland.com/idea-60-video-search-from-the-audio/ Serial entrepreneur and former early @TechCrunch Writer. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Don Clark -Atlanta http://www.stevepoland.com/idea-60-video-search-from-the-audio/comment-page-1/#comment-1394 Don Clark -Atlanta Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:02:43 +0000 http://stevepoland.com/?p=243#comment-1394 A year later, and this is the process we use: Blinkx.com has been using speech recognition for some time and it works pretty well, except most of the video is SUPER compressed FLV's. So I use Blinkx to find the source, and then Bit Torrent and Miro to find better quality versions. A year later, and this is the process we use:

Blinkx.com has been using speech recognition for some time and it works pretty well, except most of the video is SUPER compressed FLV’s.

So I use Blinkx to find the source, and then Bit Torrent and Miro to find better quality versions.

]]> By: Sean Scott http://www.stevepoland.com/idea-60-video-search-from-the-audio/comment-page-1/#comment-991 Sean Scott Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:46:47 +0000 http://stevepoland.com/?p=243#comment-991 I would argue that the technology for speech to text is not there yet. I've been looking for software/asps that do speech to text well and its hard to come by. You have to remember that videos have a lot of embedded static bg noises. And that even some of the most advanced speech recognition software have an accuracy of 70 to 85%. You will still need some kind of human transcription to get it where you want it. There are a ton of companies out there that use proprietary software to do similar service, however i'd be interested at having a good look at that proprietary process. If it was that easy, don't you think google video search would have come up with it by now I would argue that the technology for speech to text is not there yet. I’ve been looking for software/asps that do speech to text well and its hard to come by. You have to remember that videos have a lot of embedded static bg noises. And that even some of the most advanced speech recognition software have an accuracy of 70 to 85%. You will still need some kind of human transcription to get it where you want it.

There are a ton of companies out there that use proprietary software to do similar service, however i’d be interested at having a good look at that proprietary process.

If it was that easy, don’t you think google video search would have come up with it by now

]]> By: Michael http://www.stevepoland.com/idea-60-video-search-from-the-audio/comment-page-1/#comment-992 Michael Tue, 03 Jul 2007 06:47:16 +0000 http://stevepoland.com/?p=243#comment-992 This website is a ghost town....what happened? ..mp This website is a ghost town….what happened?

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]]> By: James D Kirk http://www.stevepoland.com/idea-60-video-search-from-the-audio/comment-page-1/#comment-990 James D Kirk Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:39:05 +0000 http://stevepoland.com/?p=243#comment-990 You assumed correctly, Steve! I thought this was a widely known capability. People must check out the technology that nexidia.com has come up with. Simply said it's pretty amazing. Not perfect mind you, but compared to what's available, pretty amazing nonetheless. Nexidia provides the technology for an Atlanta news station. Check out the "Video Now" feature at http://www.11alive.com/ and you'll likely be blown away. You assumed correctly, Steve! I thought this was a widely known capability. People must check out the technology that nexidia.com has come up with. Simply said it’s pretty amazing. Not perfect mind you, but compared to what’s available, pretty amazing nonetheless.

Nexidia provides the technology for an Atlanta news station. Check out the “Video Now” feature at http://www.11alive.com/ and you’ll likely be blown away.

]]> By: Chandra Bajpai http://www.stevepoland.com/idea-60-video-search-from-the-audio/comment-page-1/#comment-989 Chandra Bajpai Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:54:09 +0000 http://stevepoland.com/?p=243#comment-989 Great idea Steve, I'm surprised no one has done it yet, esp. with voice recognition being so advanced today. It might even be able to be cobbled together using open source components. One side benefit you could get is a transcript of the recording...which you could use to drive traffic to your video site via search engines. Great idea Steve, I’m surprised no one has done it yet, esp. with voice recognition being so advanced today. It might even be able to be cobbled together using open source components. One side benefit you could get is a transcript of the recording…which you could use to drive traffic to your video site via search engines.

]]> By: Colin Dowling http://www.stevepoland.com/idea-60-video-search-from-the-audio/comment-page-1/#comment-988 Colin Dowling Fri, 01 Jun 2007 13:34:53 +0000 http://stevepoland.com/?p=243#comment-988 Interesting idea, and one that wouldn't seem that hard to implement either through software or super cheap labor. IIRC, google uses the closed caption transcripts to index video. That said, most user generated content won't be captioned, so there is definitely a space for this service. No idea what the actual "market" would be outside of licensing the product to video portals, but a solid idea nonetheless. Interesting idea, and one that wouldn’t seem that hard to implement either through software or super cheap labor. IIRC, google uses the closed caption transcripts to index video. That said, most user generated content won’t be captioned, so there is definitely a space for this service. No idea what the actual “market” would be outside of licensing the product to video portals, but a solid idea nonetheless.

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