Fast-Talk Communications out of Atlanta has a system that can automatically scan audio files for specific words [Technology Review]. In the past, this would have required that the audio be first transcribed into text. Fast-Talk's technology, on the other hand, is able to search the audio directly be converting the audio track into phonemes, the discrete units of sound that all languages are composed of. I wonder when we can expect Google to buy this company and include audio search into their engine. 11:32:47 AM    comment []  

I very cool video codec comparison [Doom9.net]. Does side-to-side comparisons of video encoding with several video codecs, including Windows Media Video V9, RealNetworks RealVideo9, DivX and more. 11:15:21 AM    comment []