FindSounds Search the Web for Sounds
Sounds-Like Search
In a sounds-like search, you provide a sound that is an example of what you are looking for, and FindSounds searches for sounds that are similar to your example.
The example may be any audio file appearing in a list of hits. Click on
Searching for sounds that are similar to an example is a new way to explore sound collections, in which audio files are searched based on how they sound, not based on how they are labelled. Many sounds are difficult or impossible to describe in words. In fact, about 40% of the sounds indexed by FindSounds.com lack a descriptive label and cannot be retrieved by a text search. Only a sounds-like search can find them. Estimates of the similarity of sounds are computed based on characteristics of the digital audio recordings using the Comparisonics sound-matching technology. These estimates are not influenced by text labels. However, you can limit the display of similar sounds to show only those with a particular label. After a sounds-like search on FindSounds.com, you will see the option below; enter the desired label in the text box and click on the Go button. |