Project BriefOpen Competition 2 - Information TechnologyAutomated Topic-Specific Indexing of Rich MediaDevelop an automated, intelligent system for retrieving, personalizing, and editing audio and video files such as broadcasts and corporate communications, dramatically increasing the knowledge available to broadcasters, corporations, and many other users. Sponsor: StreamSage, Inc.1818 N St. NWSuite 300 Washington, DC 20036
Searching for information on the Web is an imperfect process when focusing on text, but it is far more laborious when information is sought in audio and visual sources. Such sources cannot be scanned or navigated quickly for relevance by a person or easily processed by automated methods. Existing search techniques for such media are rudimentary, requiring near-perfect transcripts for indexing and extensive manual navigation during the search process. In a three-year project, StreamSage Inc. plans to develop a fully automated system for retrieving, personalizing, and editing timed-media files based on an intelligent understanding of meaning, context, and structure. The company will develop advanced computational, linguistic, and statistical techniques to automatically identify the start and endpoints of sections within audio and video content that are relevant to any given specific topics. Technical hurdles include dealing with error-prone speech recognition data, identifying the logical structure of media documents, and accurately analyzing the importance and relatedness of topics within media. ATP funding is needed because StreamSage is a small company that cannot solely support the sustained effort required for success in this ambitious project. If successful, the project will have a fundamental impact on the delivery of many types of media, expanding significantly the information and knowledge available for use within the economy. The automated indexing and editing methods would be commercialized first within the television, radio, and Internet broadcasting industries. Numerous other applications would broaden the impact of this technology, including use for legal and medical researcher, corporate communications, and financial and investment information. The market for such a technology will both grow along with and enable the use of rich media content.
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