Seattle podcast search service Pluggd has introduced a revolutionary Podcast search feature called “Hear Here” that makes it possible to locate content inside of podcasts by concept, rather than keyword. Search for “golf,” and the sections of the podcast related to the subject will be detected through speech recognition and semantic analysis. The results are highlghted in a progress bar with a heat map overlay so you can locate the section and listen in just the right place.
For the official unveiling of this featue at this week’s DEMO trade show, there is only one podcast, aptly dubbed demo, that is so configured. Many more heat-synched podcasts are promised in the pipeline as are transcripts. For the time being, Podzinger and Podscope are the leading choices for transcripts but the accuracy is less than impressive.
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