That application was probably "Shazam" ... and there are one or two similar ones of which I am aware - like "Soundhound". Here's a link describing it a little more, and also explaining the underlying technique ...
A version based on a database of bird calls certainly would be nice ... though the variations may prove challenging.
Regards ... Robin Eckermann 02-61-61-61-61 or 0418-630-555(excuse brevity & typos - I wrote this on a touch-pad) A friend visited yesterday bearing an iPad on which an application - i refuse to use the non-word 'app' - had been loaded which recognises music. This works by holding the iPad near a loudspeaker on which a song is being played and within about 15 seconds the name of the song appears. We tested this and got positive results for both artist and song with Bo Diddley - playing the tune of the same name - and Lonnie Donegan doing Rock Island Line. Metropolitan Klezmer - a semi-pro band from NYC proved beyond its capacity.
I have no idea how this works but it suggests than an application to recognise a fair proportion of bird calls should be technically feasible. Ha anyone heard of such a program being developed?
-- Martin Butterfield
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