Web 2.0 - Humming Search Cant remember the name of that song? Just hum it

Hey guys, I found a cool new website that you guys may want to check out.

If you simply can't remember the name of that song, but you know the tune, just record 15secs of it and the engine will search for the song.

Cool huh.

OF course, like most web 2.0 sites, its still in beta, but hey it revolutionary

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Wow. Last I've heard of such systems was about three years ago. Back then, it was still a thesis in our school and they meant to deploy it on cellphones. It's amazing to see it a reality now.I usually search for songs online by the few fragmented lyrics I manage to retain in my head but I remember a time when all I had was a tune. No words, no phrase, no lyrics, nada, but it was a very catchy tune. I did spend about 5 years searching for that song, which was Alanis Morisette's Ironic.Oh, how ironic, indeed, that this technology should surface when I needed it no more.I'm pretty sure it's gonna be useful, though. I'll be bookmarking the site just in case, heaven forbid, I catch a whiff of another unworded tune. Oh wait, $#!+, I just remembered something. A catchy tune... with words... of a foreign non-English language!Gawd! Now I need to find a microphone!

lol.wow pretty neat piece of scripting i wonder how many songs they have in a database as there are millions out there - it just shows how the webs advanced in 10 years

Can any body explain how they are able to search it.I think in few years the role of keyboard for internet usage will came to an end. And all the sites will be using voice recognizing techniques, even for composing emails and typing urls.

GOD I was looking for this kind of thing for so long! I even thought about making one on my way home from school. Very cool! But, just because it does something cool doesn't make it Web 2.0. Most Web 2.0 sites are always evolving, but not necessarily in Beta. It's just a stereotype, the same way glossy buttons and gradients seem to symbolize evolving design on the Internet, but it's really just a phase.

Can any body explain how they are able to search it.

Ditto. No, I haven't gotten myself a mic yet but I'm now wondering the same thing.

First, I clicked the links but I only got to pages that sell media or a free studio download, where I could create my own music video. I found nothing about searching for music by humming.

I viewed the (tabby) page source, hoping to find a .swf file. I didn't find anything but I did find something about ActiveX and Javascript. I do vaguely remember seeing the term ActiveX on my old Firefox but I'm now using Firefox 2 and I have no idea what I'm doing... or saying, for that matter.

I also tried viewing the page in IE and Opera. Strangely, though, it seems I can view it only in Firefox.

Well, there you have it. Will anyone out there tell me how it's gonna work?

If not, uhm, just tell me something nice Just kidding. Happy Holidays everyone