Podscope Launches Beta of Podcast Search Tool

Posted on April 18, 2005

A new search engine called Podscope has launched that makes spoken word audio podcasts searchable. Podscope, developed by a company called TVeyes, is currently in beta mode but searches can be run. Enter a keyword into Podscope and it will search through all the podcasts in the database and return results that match your keyword. The results include the name of the file, a description of the file and a short audio clip you can play that includes the keyword you entered. Podscope could be a great tool for those who want to track podcasts without having to listen to lots of them. The Podcast site also has a new blog with the following entry from Dave Seltzer, the Systems Architect, announcing the beta launch:

We're excited to intruduce the beta test of Podscope -- the Internet's first spoken-word search engine for Podcasts. If you're as excited about this service as we are, you probably already know what a podcast is. But, for those of you who don't know, a podcast is like radio program which can be downloaded and played at any time. Wikipedia has a terrific entry on podcasting.

We�re starting our beta period on April 18th as a way of seeing how the platform holds up. During this time please be patient, the beta is to evaluate the system under load to determine areas needing improvement. Believe me when I say, we are very interested in feedback. So if you're a listener or a podcaster, please, tell us what you like and what you think should be changed.



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