When I tested the app, SoundHound did an excellent job of correctly recognizing music out of my (fairly eclectic) collection, including some obsure original soundtrack items. Testing, round one: Recognizing music off the computer However, even the paid edition includes “sponsored links” to eBay, Slacker Radio, and concert ticket brokers.

It's like Google's Instant Search with your voice, searching and re-searching as you talk, and it feels so much better than Siri's endless churning.SoundHound comes in two versions: a free, ad supported version, and a paid version - supposedly with “no ads” - which costs $5. The most impressive part, though, is its speed: Rather than collect, synthesize, send, and then process your input (which is how most speech-recognition systems work), Hound does all those things simultaneously. Mohajer only showed off a few commands, but Hound is a remarkable demo, and it worked almost every time. It's part research tool, part personal assistant, part hands-free system. 'The only limit,' Mohajer says, 'is my breath.' During a demo, SoundHound founder Keyvan Mohajer spoke a series of ever-escalating commands and questions concerning international locations into his Nexus 5, eventually forcing the Android app to spit out the populations and capitals for three different countries all at once-the app delivered what he was looking for, no processing time needed. You can say 'I need a hotel three Thursdays from now near Fisherman's Wharf for less than $200 and it needs to have a pool and free WiFi,' and Hound will parse your data and find exactly what you're looking for. But it's designed to be deeper and more complex, too. Hound is sort of like Siri, in that you can use the app to send texts, set an alarm, or get directions. It's called Hound, and it's a voice-controlled interface SoundHound hopes you'll soon see inside every phone, tablet, car, toaster, and espresso machine on the planet. Today they're announcing another project, which they've been working on for nearly a decade. But the company's top brass wants to change that: The app is a small part of what's going on inside its Santa Clara offices. You probably know SoundHound as a song-identification service-the one that isn't Shazam.

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