Podcast search engine PodZinger has expanded its scope, now enabling users to conduct text searches of video podcasts.
Podcast search engine PodZinger has expanded its scope, now enabling users to conduct text searches of video podcasts in addition to audio podcast offerings.
Launched in January 2006, PodZinger applies speech recognition technology to podcasts to create a searchable index of material contained in podcasts and, even better, display the search results in context so users don’t have to download tens of megabytes of a podcast to hear what their search turned up. While the results of automated speech recognition can sometimes fall down with technical terms, names, and other proper nouns, Podzinger’s search service remains unique and enables podcast enthusiasts to quickly locate interesting feeds. PodZinger currently indexes nearly 100,000 podcasts.
“The explosion of online video, fueled by the growing adoption of broadband technologies in the home and office, and offerings from media outlets such as MTV, VH1 and ABC, has heightened the need for an effective, user-friendly search engine to help users find their favorite topics,” said Alex Laats, PodZinger’s president.
Video podcast search results are presented in context; Windows users can view video in context using either RealPlayer or Windows Media Player with Internet Explorer, or Apple’s QuickTime with the Firefox browser. Mac OS X users can view video podcast search results in Apple’s Safari Web browser.
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RSSCompletely untrue. Two news releases in a row from BBN have begun with similar false claims. Podscope.com has provided video podcast search since May of 2005, fully 10 months before Podzinger annouced it added video podcasts.
Podscope.com, from TVEyes Inc., was the first search engine to enable search by the spoken word within podcasts. It created the innovation that allows users to listen to snippets of audio to determine if content is relevant before downloading a large audio or video file. It was launched April 2005, nine months before PodZinger. Podscope created the segment that PodZinger entered.