podcast searching : wicked cool possibilites

TVEyes has launched the first full-text search engine for podcasts. Called Podscope, it appears to be capable of converting audio to text, indexing the text, and keying the specific location of the text to the audio found in podcasts.

From the FAQ:

How does it work?
Just like any other search engine. You enter a word or phrase in the input box, and we’ll show you a list of results. By clicking on the (+) sign next to each result, you can select snippets of audio to help you decide whether to listen to the whole podcast or even subscribe. If you know about Search Inside the Book™, that’s what we do for audio/video.

No, I mean how does the technology work?
Well, we could tell you, but then we’d have to… Um, magic.

Gotta love smart-alecs.

Podscope was launched last week and has the blogosphere all in a twist.  At first glance, the search is fairly exciting – the ability to keyword search podcasts and directly click through to the “almost” precise spot in the audio where the search term is found. 

Searches on the terms patent or trademark or copyright turned up interesting podcasts that I had never heard of before — and some things I never hope to hear again.  As with all internet searching, be warned – you never know what you might stumble across.

If you’ve got your own podcast feed – get on over to Podscope and submit it. 

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Posted by Douglas Sorocco, April 24, 2005 at 9:04 am
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