Opus Research » Mash-ups http://opusresearch.net/wordpress Analysis and Expertise on Voice Services and Conversational Commerce Wed, 23 May 2012 17:29:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Truveo Uses Speaker Identification to Help Users Find Their Favorite Celebrities on Video http://opusresearch.net/wordpress/2010/06/10/truveo-uses-speaker-identification-to-help-users-find-their-favorite-celebrities-on-video/ http://opusresearch.net/wordpress/2010/06/10/truveo-uses-speaker-identification-to-help-users-find-their-favorite-celebrities-on-video/#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:51:20 +0000 Dan Miller http://opusresearch.net/wordpress/?p=3014 After a year of relative quiet, the video search destination site Truveo is launching a new service that uses speaker identification technologies to help its users find their favorite celebrities on camera. Facebook members can access the app here; where you’ll see how the combination of a voice biometrics, video search and social networking creates the ultimate resource for a person who wants to home in on videos that should interest them – either because they feature their favorite stars, politicians or personalities, or because their “friends” have recently viewed them, as well as the ability to have Facebook notify a user when it has discovered a relevant video clip.

You can watch a five minute video demonstration of the service here.

Truveo was acquired by AOL back in 2006 and had a major “relaunch” in April of 2009, as discussed by Opus Research’s Greg Sterling in this article in Search Engine Land. It has been locked in competition with the likes of Blinkx, Google Video and to some extent YouTube while, at the same time, it has powered the video search capabilities of several other branded Web sites. Bringing the precision of speaker identification into the video search and discovery realm is a nice touch that should result in a better user experience as video expands into social networking and mobile realms.

]]> http://opusresearch.net/wordpress/2010/06/10/truveo-uses-speaker-identification-to-help-users-find-their-favorite-celebrities-on-video/feed/ 0 $10 Million Up For Grabs for Location-based Mash-Ups http://opusresearch.net/wordpress/2009/11/23/10-million-up-for-grabs-for-location-based-mash-ups/ http://opusresearch.net/wordpress/2009/11/23/10-million-up-for-grabs-for-location-based-mash-ups/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:21:03 +0000 Dan Miller http://opusresearch.net/wordpress/?p=1913 NAVTEQLOGOAs reported in this press release digital mapping giant NavteQ has attracted $10 million in sponsorships as prize money for developers that are into building location-based applications. The roster of sponsors now includes (alphabetically) Alcatel-Lucent, AtlasCT, DigitalGlobe, Imagination Technologies, Intel, Microsoft, and Mobile Distillery.

NavteQ has been holding these competitions since 2003. The mission is to foster new, creative uses dynamic positioning technology and (oh yeah) NAVTEQ® maps.

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