Occasionally referred to as audio indexing, audio mining is a computerized task involving the processing of an audio file, extracting the dialog and creating a textual transcript, and searching the transcript for certain words or phrases. Considering the amount of audio content on the Internet and other sources, it is clear that audio mining is a growing technology. To get an idea of what audio...

Individuals' music collections that are stored on a computer, whether legal or not, are often quite large and consist of many different artists. This unique research paper from Hewlett-Packard outlines a system that can automatically identify the singer of a song based upon digital samples of that song, allowing for hassle-free sorting of many titles. The system is first trained by exposing it to...

For readers who love listening to their favorite songs again and again, The Infinite Jukebox may come as somewhat of a revelation. For an introduction, readers may go to the site and click on a few of the popular tunes listed on the homepage. For instance, selecting Superstition by Stevie Wonder kicks off the 1972 hit in the way you've always heard it. But then The Infinite Jukebox takes over,...