EveryZing
Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Here is a handy tool for anyone interested in finding a podcast about a specific topic. Everyzing is a service that scans through an assortment of podcasts and converts all that speech into text that is searchable. You can search for generic topics like “educational technology” or broad topics like “politics.” Search results can be sorted by date or relevance. By clicking on a hit, you can listen to the audio in the built-in player.
A link to your specific search term is also available so you can jump right to the part of the podcast talking about your topic. In this way, you can quickly hear a phrase in the context it was recorded.
The site also searches online video clips and other multimedia. The goal is to make all digital content searchable. Imagine being able to find a video clip of someone giving a speech by searching for a few key terms from the speech. You wouldn’t even have to know the speaker’s name.
EveryZing also sells a product that will convert multimedia content to printed pages. This has potential for hearing impaired students.
I can even find someone I know in a podcast. Here’s John… fifty times.