Nexidia is a Georgia-based company founded in 2000 based upon basic research
at Georgia Tech’s Interactive Media Technology Center, the
Center for Signal and Image Processing, and the Georgia Tech Library.
The company was co-founded by Dr. Mark Clements, Director, IMTC,
and is commercializing the technology of high-speed wordspotting.
IMTC developed the initial demonstration application of high-speed
wordspotting on Senator Sam Nunn’s large archive of audio and
video from the libraries of Georgia Tech and Emory. This technology
has been greatly extended by the company to have many applications,
including homeland defense, legal transcription, broadcast news searching,
and advertising compliance.
IMTC, with support from Nexidia and the Georgia Research Alliance,
continues to assist in the development of tools and technology for
Nexidia. Research projects underway or completed at IMTC include:
Audio
Wizard The AudioWizard application was developed to help Nexidia
software users configure their machines for proper use with the
software. When necessary, the application uses diagrams and text
to help users
connect their audio input and output hardware properly. Once audio
devices are connected, the application steps through the various
inputs and outputs until the user hears a sound or sees the level
bars moving.
Transcription Aid
A large part of the process of training the Nexidia
Phonetic Search Engine is proving time-aligned transcripts to
the system;
an arduous,
time-intensive process. IMTC developed Transcription Aid, a program
to allow quick creation of time-aligned data for the system in
any language. As part of the development, IMTC also developed
proofing tools used in the training process to ensure the data
is correct
for the critical training process.
IMTC also provides HCI and usability assistance to Nexidia
as needed. Other tools and technologies being developed at IMTC
for
Nexidia
are proprietary until Nexidia releases them to their customers. |
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