September 30, 2004

AOL To Launch Searchable Video Archive Of Presidential Debates

Below is a message from our friends at FedNet who gave us the scoop on a new tool:

I wanted to give you a heads up about a project we are working on with AOL to create a searchable video archive of the presidential debates. FedNet has integrated our proprietary searchable video platform (reCap) into the AOL subscriber service to provide a state-of-the-art keyword search access to the Presidential debates.

FedNet will capture and process the video content of the debates, indexing the information and enabling the event to be searched by keyword for user replay on their desktop through the AOL service. With the Presidential race so close, voters need the ability to reclarify what a candidate said, how they reacted under pressure, how they expressed their leadership ability.

The service will allow AOL subscribers to search for video of the debates that contain issues important to them through a simple interface on AOL, subscribers will enter the keyword and be brought to a results page of video that includes that word being spoken by a candidate.

There are a great number of voters that are anticipating the Presidential debates. They want to see and hear how the candidates carry themselves. This exciting service enables voters to clarify, not only what the candidates said, but how they said it.

You might want to take a look at the service on AOL - it will be up within about an hour after the debate has concluded or on Friday morning and we will be providing the service for all of the debates. Please take a look at AOL if you get a chance - at this time they are planning on putting it on the Press Pass page of the election coverage.

Regards - Keith

Keith Carney
Federal Network, Inc.

Posted by Buzz Webster at September 30, 2004 01:09 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

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