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Yahoo debuts audio search software
AFP, August, 2005
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SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) — Internet search giant Yahoo trumpeted release of a trial version of software that lets people seek out music, news, speeches and other audio files online.
Yahoo's service weighs into a competitive Internet market where audio-file search programs are offered by companies such as America On Line and Google, according to industry experts.
Yahoo claimed to be coming online with a "major search engine" that lets users sift quickly through 50 million audio files, including podcasts, music, interviews, speeches and news.
The "Yahoo Audio Search" index includes the Silicon Valley company's own content along with music from a list of website partners such as eMusic, GarageBand.com, Napster and Rhapsody.
The new mechanism is linked to Yahoo's recently released video search system, ...
