Pluggd.com to offer podcast content search
Pluggd.com, a podcast directory web site, showed off its HearHere search software at DEMOfall 2006. This technology allows listeners to search the content of a podcast and jump to a specific part of the program that matches their search.
Users just have to type in a keyword in the search box, and HearHere will display a map to indicate where in the podcast the content is likely to match a request. It also displays the related words HearHere is using to make its matching decision. For instance, if you type “PGA” in a search of ESPN podcasts, HearHere might indicate that it’s using “golf” or “Tiger Woods” to find what you’re looking for.
Here is a demo of the HearHere technology.
HearHere reminds me of PODZINGER, a podcast search engine developed by BBN Technologies. While both HearHere and PODZINGER exploit speech recognition software to map speech to search-able texts, I wonder exactly how their “magic tricks” differs under the hood?
News about HearHear was also covered by TechCruch.
Hey Harry. The difference really is the contextual piece to HearHere. The example we’ve been using is that searches on “golf” will also bring up results for “tiger woods” or “pga”. Awesome blog!
Comment by Drew Olanoff — September 30, 2006 @ 3:54 pm
Hello Drew, Thank you for stopping by and answer my question. So do you guys use some kind of training data for text search to back the contextual search capability?
Comment by Harry Chen — September 30, 2006 @ 4:04 pm