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05-10-2017, 06:47 PM
Microsoft's newest video tech can ID emotions, and see into your soul
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What if you could understand everything about a video without ever having to watch it?
That may sound contradictory, but Microsoft (http://mashable.com/category/microsoft/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) has created a tool that can analyze videos and make their contents searchable, potentially saving you the trouble of watching the footage yourself.
SEE ALSO: Whoa, Microsoft just beat Apple in tablet satisfaction (http://mashable.com/2017/04/07/microsoft-tops-apple-in-tablet-satisfaction-survey/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Called Video Indexer, the software, which debuted onstage at Microsoft's Build developers conference (http://mashable.com/2017/05/09/what-to-expect-microsoft-build-2017/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), allows developers and publishers to quickly analyze huge amounts of video in surprisingly precise detail.
"The Video Indexer essentially allows a developer, or a publisher to upload a video... and then it will return a bunch of interesting insights about the video," Microsoft's Principal Product Manager for Cognitive Services, Irving Kwong explained to me the night before build in a preview briefing. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/05/10/microsoft-video-indexer/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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What if you could understand everything about a video without ever having to watch it?
That may sound contradictory, but Microsoft (http://mashable.com/category/microsoft/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) has created a tool that can analyze videos and make their contents searchable, potentially saving you the trouble of watching the footage yourself.
SEE ALSO: Whoa, Microsoft just beat Apple in tablet satisfaction (http://mashable.com/2017/04/07/microsoft-tops-apple-in-tablet-satisfaction-survey/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Called Video Indexer, the software, which debuted onstage at Microsoft's Build developers conference (http://mashable.com/2017/05/09/what-to-expect-microsoft-build-2017/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), allows developers and publishers to quickly analyze huge amounts of video in surprisingly precise detail.
"The Video Indexer essentially allows a developer, or a publisher to upload a video... and then it will return a bunch of interesting insights about the video," Microsoft's Principal Product Manager for Cognitive Services, Irving Kwong explained to me the night before build in a preview briefing. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/05/10/microsoft-video-indexer/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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