Comments on: Thinking about reverse search

By: JP

JP — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:05:08 +0000

Edoardo, I agree. As we learn more about the the digital landscape, we will find better tools and better ways, new tools and new ways.

Richard, besides SnapTell, I also like some of the barcode tools coming out.

By: Richard Marr

Richard Marr — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:52:11 +0000

They’re probably the most advanced of that batch of apps, using visual fingerprinting techniques to recognised instances of a specific image.

Another notable example is SnapTell, who have an IPhone app you can use to recognise book, album, and film covers.

I expect big things in this field over the next couple of years, but then that’s the field I’m working in so I’m biased :)

By: Edoardo Piccolotto

Edoardo Piccolotto — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:29:46 +0000

I think that there is Reverse Search, but I think that we should look also for new ways to search, changing some criteria. The same company has this product that lets you search images by color.
I use it during my design processes and I love it.

http://labs.ideeinc.com/multicolr

By: JP

JP — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:49:15 +0000

James, I’ve been a Shazam user for a long time. I hear very good things about their iPhone app, but I haven’t tried that yet.

Jevon, if you do meet the people behind TinEye, do thank them for me. Great service.

By: Jevon MacDonald

Jevon MacDonald — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:58:12 +0000

TinEye is based in Toronto and run by two of the nicest and most sincere people you could meet. I love the tool and have the Firefox plugin installed, which makes it really easy to use.

By: James

James — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 07:27:21 +0000

Services like Shazam offer similar functionality for music – play a snippet of a track and get the full details.