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Very interesting. Since the technology was funded in large part by government R & D monies, I wonder if government webcasters could use their tools in the public interest??? Steven Clift http://www.dowire.org See: http://www.campaignsearch.com What is this technology? CampaignSearch.com relies on StreamSage's Audio/Video Search Engine to find relevant content in audio/video content and present topics in a prioritized list of search results. Because spoken language is inordinately complex, it is difficult for software to understand contextual clues in audio/video. Previously, human operators had to manually search audio/video files because computers were unable to assess contextual significance in language. CampaignSearch.com overcomes this limitation by using cutting edge software developed by StreamSage to automate the search process. How does it work? StreamSage's Audio/Video Search Engine listens to and watches the audio/video content to determine what topics are discussed and where they are discussed within the media file. By automatically understanding the information presented in the audio/video content, StreamSage's Audio/Video Search Engine is able to automatically generate "Relevance Intervals" that encapsulate all of the contextually relevant information about a given topic in the audio/video content. Additionally, by employing contextual understanding, StreamSage's Audio/Video Search Engine ranks search results according to the degree of relevance to the search term. This contextual relevance ranking allows users faster access to relevant information. To learn more about StreamSage's spoken-language- analysis software, visit www.streamsage.com. Why is it necessary? In a society where the overwhelming majority of Americans cite audio/video news as their primary news source, finding relevant information in audio/video is a critical need. Until now, good search options for audio/video content have been limited. But the fully automated capabilities of StreamSage's system allows rapid search and retrieval of pertinent information from audio/video content. That news should come as a boon to anyone who struggles to search for topics of interest in our media-saturated culture! About StreamSage, Inc. Founded in 2000, StreamSage is a leading provider of software products that enable organizations to cost-effectively organize and manage audio/video content. These software products listen to and watch the audio/video content in order to develop a contextual understanding of the content. The resulting level of automation and granularity provides organizations with an unprecedented ability to manage and control access to the information contained within their audio/video content. The software applications developed by StreamSage are the result of years of pioneering research in the areas of computational linguistics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and speech recognition. StreamSage is continuing to push the boundaries of the state-of-the-art through various R&D contracts including a $2 million award from the Advanced Technology Program of NIST and an SBIR award from the NSF. StreamSage is a privately owned small business, headquartered in Washington, DC. ^ ^ ^ ^ Steven L. Clift - - - W: http://publicus.net Minneapolis - - - - E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minnesota - - - - - - T: +1.612.822.8667 USA - - - - - MSN/Y!/AIM: netclift Join my Democracies Online Newswire: http://dowire.org EDem's Election 2004 Links: http://e-democracy.org/us *** Past Messages, to Subscribe: http://dowire.org *** *** To subscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** Message body: SUB DO-WIRE *** *** To UNSUBSCRIBE instead, write: UNSUB DO-WIRE *** *** Please send submissions to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** New RSS XML Feed Available: *** http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/maillist.xml
