Just launched: http://talkMiner.com

#1

Post by laurent_denoue » Thu, Sep 02, 2010, 6:43 PM UTC

this is a video search engine for lectures and talks. It extracts keyframes like slides, analysis them with optical character recognition, and shows them in a nice UI for quick skimming.

Just launched: http://talkMiner.com
talkminer.com

Re: Just launched: http://talkMiner.com

#2

Post by timf » Thu, Sep 02, 2010, 6:52 PM UTC

At first I thought this was another "launch" of a skinned, Google custom search. Those tend to fade away when the curator loses interest, etc.

But looking at your about page it seems to be different, looks like you're doing an interesting and useful thing to find/index talks, good luck with the site!

I like the all-slide thumbnail view, that will be really useful.

Re: Just launched: http://talkMiner.com

#3

Post by danishkhan » Thu, Sep 02, 2010, 7:11 PM UTC

The site is sweet. I really enjoy finding videos and searching through google is a pain. I can see this website be extremely useful. If you ever need any help with testing let me know.

I would definitely say once you get the core functionality done to work on some UI changes, which would really help out the look and feel.

Re: Just launched: http://talkMiner.com

#4

Post by chipsy » Thu, Sep 02, 2010, 7:20 PM UTC

I really like what I see. I think it would benefit from a "browsing" entry point as well as a search box, because I often want to see a stimulating lecture, but don't have a subject in mind.

Re: Just launched: http://talkMiner.com

#5

Post by robertg » Thu, Sep 02, 2010, 7:34 PM UTC

great idea. great execution. poor design. You did the hard stuff, now make it look good and you'll have the complete package. Nice work.

Re: Just launched: http://talkMiner.com

#6

Post by jiganti » Thu, Sep 02, 2010, 7:41 PM UTC

This is a cool idea, I haven't seen something like this that's all encompassing. Ted.com is huge for talks within it's sphere, but for talks in general (as opposed to the more broad "videos in general (youtube) this seems ideal.

Re: Just launched: http://talkMiner.com

#7

Post by jiganti » Thu, Sep 02, 2010, 7:41 PM UTC

This is a cool idea, I haven't seen something like this that's all encompassing. Ted.com is huge for talks within it's sphere, but for talks in general (as opposed to the more broad "videos in general" (youtube) this seems ideal.

Re: Just launched: http://talkMiner.com

#8

Post by saurabh » Thu, Sep 02, 2010, 7:55 PM UTC

robertg wrote: post #5

great idea. great execution. poor design. You did the hard stuff, now make it look good and you'll have the complete package. Nice work.

I think he should keep how it is. It's so simple.

Re: Just launched: http://talkMiner.com

#9

Post by mrduncan » Thu, Sep 02, 2010, 8:09 PM UTC

robertg wrote: post #5

great idea. great execution. poor design. You did the hard stuff, now make it look good and you'll have the complete package. Nice work.

A simple suggestion regarding the design - change the green term highlighting to something less overpowering (such as #ffc or #ffa). For me, just that small change would make an enormous difference.

Re: Just launched: http://talkMiner.com

#10

Post by rwaliany » Thu, Sep 02, 2010, 8:12 PM UTC

Just crashed: http://talkMiner.com