Call recognition software?

[martin butterfield <>]

Thanks Robin.  I note that Shazam has 11 million songs (presumably song/performer pairs on it database.  As there are - subject to the evil acts of taxonomists - about 9,000 species of birds a similar sized DB could have 1,200 clips per species.  White-browed Scrubwren and Superb Lyrebird could move towards the limit but would be balanced by Gang-gang Cockatoo.

Martin

On 3 March 2013 08:08, Robin Eckermann <> wrote:

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 ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shazam_(service)

A version based on a database of bird calls certainly would be nice ... though the variations may prove challenging.

Regards ... Robin Eckermann

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On 03/03/2013, at 7:35 AM, martin butterfield <> wrote:

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?

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