SpeakerText Hyperlinks to Exact Moment in Video!
Matt Mireles tells a great story about how he and his co-founders started SpeakerText. He’s a regular guy who had an interesting idea. What if the text of what was being said in a video ran along side the video in question? But, he didn’t stop there. He envisioned a set up where you could copy and paste the text and it would port over with the text a hyperlink to that exact moment in the video.
Here’s a sample that was copy&pasted from the demo video on the SpeakerText website: Highlight the quote in the SpeakerText, then either right click your mouse button and select “Copy QuoteLink” or hit the “Quote” button.
Rocket’s Tail caught up with Matt and had a chance to talk with him about SpeakerText:
Live Replay (Panel: Blip.tv, Tubefilter.tv, & Pond5.com)
Last night we hosted a panel discussion with Dana Tower (Pond5), Jamison Tilsner (Tubefilter), and Aaron Sonnenberg (Blip.tv). The night included a moderated panel discussion as well as Q&A from the audience. Some eighty or so people from Connecticut’s various industries interested in online video turned out and helped spark a lively discussion.
Many thanks to Dana, Jamison, and Aaron for trekking out from New York City to help foster greater understand and dialog around online video.
Here is a replay of last night’s panel discussion:
New Media is “Like Film on Speed!”
Rocket’s Tail spends a lot time talking with the people who make online video possible from the business standpoint. But, there are some fantastic creators out there who are putting their ingenuity and artistic predilections to entertaining the rest of us. They play a critical part of the development of this industry. What do they expect when they get involved in online video projects? How do the projects stack up to their expectations? This past week we caught up with some of the people who have created O-Cast (Anne Richmond, Leah Johnston, Kate Kuen, and Turner Smith). They and others have put a lot of time and creative energy into the NYC online video hit O-Cast. Here is what they had to say:
The 3D Year at CES!
Today Broadcast & Cable summarized this year’s CES as the 3D Year at the largest consumer electronic show. What they deem as most interesting is not the technology, which is-of course-very interesting, but the business deals that were put together to launch this new and exciting development.
Listen to the Senior Editor of Tech Talk discuss it here:
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/podcast/TechTalk/3198-TechTalk_3D_CES.php?mode=player
New York Times tackles 3D
Thank you James Cameron for helping the world see that, yes, 3D is pretty darn cool; even with cheap versions of the goggles. I may be ready for my cool Ray-Ban styled 3D glasses; but the rest of the world is just now getting a handle on this fact, “What?! I can watch football live in 3D?!!!!” And happily as CES, the worlds largest consumer electronics show, gets fully underway this week in Las Vegas; we will be treated to a bevy of articles about the coming 3D revolution (at least that’s what broadcasters are hoping!).
This morning the New York Times jumped with both feet with this article: Television Begins a Push Into the 3rd Dimension.
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New Tallest Imagination in the World (from the top)!
Yesterday the world heard news of the new tallest building in the world. What I did not see on top in this footage was a webcam. That maybe coming soon… wouldn’t that be interesting. Either way, kudos to the builders for their really large imaginations:
Enjoy the footage here:
Special thanks to Richard Geller for sharing the link.
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