The Official Google Blog reveals that the search giant's Google Research has a specific speech team. Using speech recognition technology, Google has managed to come up with a system that automatically transcribes videos on You Tube's Politicians Channels into text and indexes them. With this information it is then possible to search for specific themes within a video and, because they know exactly when the word in question is spoken, use shortcuts on the play bar to jump to the relevant points.
This tool is an extension of a theme written about a lot by Nick Burcher on his blog, concerning the role of various newer forms of media in the upcoming US Presidential Election and the recent London Mayoral Election.
What I find particularly interesting about this is the potential it has. I have spent a lot of time in the past (definitely not today at work) looking for specific comedy sketches and phrases. They're all there on You Tube, but having to trawl through a three minute Alan Partridge clip to find the killer line isn't as immediate as it could be. In the absence of a You Tube editing facility to chop and paste your own videos from those existing on the site (please someone tell me if this exists), being able to effectively bookmark a video for the money shot (if you'll pardon the expression) would revolutionise the sharing of videos.
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