Coming soon: Googlevision
According to Wired News, Google is getting ready to roll out a new feature that allows a search for information and images previously broadcast on TV. The article says that the technology works "by scanning through the closed caption text that many programmers offer."
This sounds great...in theory. In reality...well, let's just say that I hope that Google's technology is sophisticated enough to make sense of the jumbled mess that I often see in the broadcast closed captioning realm. (Curse those homonyms!)
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Man, I can't imagine this working that well, because of the point you mentioned. When I happen to be watching TV at a public place, and the closed captioning is on, it's actually irritating to sit and read it because of all the mistakes. We'll see...
Posted by: texasbug at January 26, 2005 11:52 AM