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Re: Match-to-sample software?

Subject: Re: Match-to-sample software?
From: Walter Knapp <>
Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2002 20:30:26 -0400
 wrote:

> This is an over simplified view of the process. The day when one can poin=
t a
> microphone at a vocalizing bird and get a digital readout identifying it =
will
> never be a practical reality in my opinion.
> John Arvin

I doubt that will keep folks from trying. It's definitely a challenge.

I've got a detector that I can point at any frog recording, and it will
give me every species calling, even the faint ones! And with virtual
100% accuracy. It can even do it out in the wild without a microphone.
It's called John Jensen (of the Georgia DNR). Like it or not, that's the
way we will be identifying what's on the recording, some person will
have to do it. And some day I hope to be as good as John.

There is some mild hope we can cut down on the empty space in
recordings, however. Using some preset limits as to frequency etc. can help=
.

Walt



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