AOL Adopts Podscope Spoken Word Podcast Search

Available this fall, AOL's podcast search function will offer access to podcaster's current files and thousands of archived files, as well as AOL's podcast offerings and programming. The new search functions will be accessible through the AOL.com portal and AOL Search.

In addition to plans for enhanced podcast search, AOL.com has introduced an array of podcasting features and programming.

"AOL visitors will be able to search for content within podcast files just like they do for text within Web pages," said David J. Ives, president and chief executive officer of TVEyes, Inc., whose technology and company are behind Podscope. "Because of AOL's commitment to podcasting, consumer-created and broadcast media distributed as podcasts will gain truly global distribution."

"We're excited to work with Podscope to offer the unique capability to search within podcasts through our AOL.com Web portal and AOL Search," said Alex Blum, vice president, audience product management, for America Online. "This innovative search capability will enable podcast enthusiasts to sample relevant audio snippets using Spoken Word Indexing prior to subscribing to the podcast."

"As TV and radio migrate to the on-demand dynamic of podcasts on the Internet, new search tools are needed to make what will ultimately be billions of spoken words in millions of files accessible in a meaningful way," said Allen Weiner, research vice president at Gartner. "Indexing the spoken word has a profound impact on a consumer's ability to find what they want and get the most out of audio and video search."

Source: Podscope