Google Labs have developed technology to analyze audio contained within YouTube videos and make it searchable.

Initially they have set up a Google Elections Video Search gadget which focuses on the the US election.

The implications of this technology are huge. Videos have always been a very compelling way of disseminating information but the words included in the audio were not included in the Google index. Currently YouTube users have to provide textual information in the form of a description and tags. As videos begin to be analyzed the entire textual content will become part of the index.

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