Wired News: Song Search: A Real Humdinger
Ever have a tune in your head but just can't come up with the name?
What about that annoying category on Cranium called Humdingers where you have to hum a tune for your partner to guess?
Well, the creaters of the MP3 audio format have some software for you. Hum the tune and it will tell you what tune it is. Hmmmm.
At a tradeshow:
"One hummed John Holt's "The Tide Is High," popularized by Blondie and more recently Atomic Kitten.
The correct song title and artist appeared second from the top in a list of 10 possibilities, a good result considering that the software still needs tweaking and that the hummer warned in advance he could not carry a tune. "
Posted by answerguru at March 12, 2003 02:39 PM