PodZinger This audio and video search start-up moved into new offices in Cambridge last week and cut the cord with its parent company, BBN Technologies, which provided $5 million in financing. BBN's first consumer spinout, PodZinger uses speech recognition technology to create a text index letting customers subscribe to and download podcasts. Users of the technology can find content anywhere within podcasts and jump to the points where key words are spoken.
- according to Boston.com
(I'll need to compare this to the search engine run by tveyes.com)
Remember BBN?
I remember going to BBN offices in about 1994 and saw a voice activated remote control. Then - that was absolutely incredible. It seems like they are still in it - and in it deeper. They have been working on speech recognition since the early 70's.
If the name rings a bell - in 1969 launched the Arpanet.
My first attempt with PodZinger alerts me that it's a work in progress. (Aren't they all?)
the error message said the audio had to close...because of an add-on program with the RealPlayer ActiveX Control. It also shut down my browser.
Here's what the Microsoft error page sent back to me...Error caused by RealPlayer: contact RealNetworks, Inc. for help, Thank you for submitting an error report.
Problem description The error was likely caused by RealPlayer. This software was created by RealNetworks, Inc.. Recommendation Microsoft has researched this problem with RealNetworks, Inc., and they do not currently have a specific solution for the problem that you reported. For help on RealPlayer, visit the following RealNetworks, Inc. support site.
RealNetworks, Inc.
Consumers don't need this.
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