Google has added a new feature to its search app that allows music lovers to hum a song that's stuck in their heads and then use the company's machine learning algorithm to try to identify it.According to the senior product manager at Google Search, Krishna Kumar, the feature is available in English on iOS and in more than 20 languages on Android. It will expand with more languages in the future.
“We all know how frustrating it is when you can’t remember the name of a song or any of the words but the tune is stuck in your head,” said Kumar. “Google can now help you figure it out — no lyrics, artist name or perfect pitch required.”According to Kumar, a song's melody is like its fingerprint and they each have their own unique identity.
When users hum a melody into search, the machine learning models transform the audio into a number-based sequence representing the song's melody. The models are trained to identify songs based on a variety of sources, including humans singing, whistling or humming, as well as studio recordings. “The algorithms also take away all the other details, like accompanying instruments and the voice's timbre and tone. What we're left with is the song's number-based sequence or the fingerprint,” said Kumar.
“Similarly, the machine learning models recognise the melody of the studio-recorded version of the song, which “we can use to match it with a person's hummed audio”. Here's what happened:
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
SA records nearly 1,500 new Covid-19 cases in past 24 hoursSA recorded 1,461 new cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, the health ministry confirmed on Monday.
Source: TimesLIVE - 🏆 28. / 59 Read more »
GWM’s Hilux rivalling Poer: new SA details, including name changeGWM's answer to the Toyota Hilux and Ford Ranger is set to hit showrooms soon. Here's what we know so far: IOLmotoring
Source: IOL - 🏆 46. / 51 Read more »
Source: ewnupdates - 🏆 30. / 53 Read more »
SA records 1 662 new Covid-19 cases, 63 deathsA total of 1 662 new COVID19 cases have been detected in South Africa since the last report, bringing the country's cumulative cases to 703 793.
Source: IOL - 🏆 46. / 51 Read more »
Google now lets you hum as a way to search for songs, so we tried 6 proudly SA hitsNew google feature lets you hum a song to search for it.
Source: TimesLIVE - 🏆 28. / 59 Read more »
SA wine industry in trouble after losing R400m weekly during alcohol banThe wine industry could turn sour, with 13 000 hectares of vineyards lost during the lockdown - and even at level 1, it is running at a R7.5 billion loss. The prices at “boutique wineries” are in most cases out of the reach for local consumers, particularly in the current circumstances. They should not expect much help locally....!! Unless, meaningful discounts are offered on bulk buys. CoruscaKhaya If it didn’t sour then it wouldn’t be wine CoruscaKhaya That's good news. I see many cape addicts recovering! Perhaps is because of access to quality wine which was apparently exported before the pandemic. PaarlPearlmustfall
Source: IOL - 🏆 46. / 51 Read more »