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Don
Was thinking along same lines. We Shazam and well so the technology seems
to be there.
On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 8:07 PM, Don MacNeill <donmacneill@bellaliant.net>wrote:
> I have an app called Shazam. You hold your device up to the radio and
> in a few seconds it tells you the name of the tune and who is singing it
> (it uses iTunes library to check against).
>
> If an app can do that, than I would think that it would be easy to develop
> a library of bird songs and check out a song against it. There is great
> variabilty of course in birds' songs and they vary by location. At least
> they should be able to narrow the song to one or two species.
>
> Don
>
> Don MacNeill donmacneill@bellaliant.net
> On 28/07/2013 5:58 PM, Nancy P Dowd wrote:
>
> There is an app being developed at the U of Wisconsin (i think) called
> WeBird that is supposed to do just that. You record the sound on your
> smartphone to digitize it and it is sent to a server for ID. Must use WIFI
> or cellular data to do this. Not all of my birding locales have cellular
> service (ie Camp in E Dalhousie). But that should improve with time.
>
> Google "WeBird" for some further info. The posts I read were dated 2010.
> Should be out by now.
>
> Nancy
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 2013-07-28, at 9:39 AM, james simpson <desolatechair@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm wondering if there are any apps that will capture a song and
> identify it's bird source?
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 7:21 AM, nancy dowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> A few comments on the BirdTunes app (birdsong identifying) available
>> from the iTunes store and other places.
>>
>> If you already have the excellent Sibley's app you will already have
>> all of the songs/calls included on the BirdTunes one.
>>
>> Its only advantage is the sonograms are shown for each vocalization
>> which some may find helpful for clarifying and comparing songs or
>> being a memory aid. I do. But unless you do, I would not bother to buy
>> this.
>>
>> Nancy
>>
>
>
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Don<br><br>Was thinking along same lines.=A0 We Shazam and=
well so the technology seems to be there.<br></div><div class=3D"gmail_ext=
ra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 8:07 PM, Don=
MacNeill <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:donmacneill@bellaliant.ne=
t" target=3D"_blank">donmacneill@bellaliant.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
=20
=20
=20
<div text=3D"#000000" bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF">
<div><font face=3D"Calibri">I have an app
called Shazam.=A0 You hold your device up to the radio and in a
few seconds </font>it tells you the name of the tune and who is
singing it (it uses iTunes library to check against).<br>
<br>
If an app can do that, than I would think that it would be easy to
develop a library of bird songs and check out a song against it.=A0
There is great variabilty of course in birds' songs and they vary
by location.=A0 At least they should be able to narrow the song to
one or two species.<br>
<br>
Don<br>
<br>
<div>Don MacNeill
<a href=3D"mailto:donmacneill@bellaliant.net" target=3D"_blank">don=
macneill@bellaliant.net</a></div><div><div class=3D"h5">
On 28/07/2013 5:58 PM, Nancy P Dowd wrote:<br>
</div></div></div><div><div class=3D"h5">
<blockquote type=3D"cite">
=20
<div>There is an app being developed at the U of Wisconsin (i
think) called WeBird that is supposed to do just that. You
record the sound on your smartphone to digitize it and it is
sent to a server for ID. Must use WIFI or cellular data to do
this. Not all of my birding locales have cellular service (ie
Camp in E Dalhousie). But that should improve with time.=A0</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Google "WeBird" for some further info. The posts I rea=
d were
dated 2010. Should be out by now.=A0</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Nancy<br>
<br>
Sent from my iPhone</div>
<div><br>
On 2013-07-28, at 9:39 AM, james simpson <<a href=3D"mailto:deso=
latechair@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">desolatechair@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
<br>
</div>
<blockquote type=3D"cite">
<div>
<div dir=3D"ltr">I'm wondering if there are any apps that wil=
l
capture a song and identify it's bird source?=A0 <br>
</div>
<div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br>
<br>
<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 7:21 AM,
nancy dowd <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:nancypdowd=
@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">nancypdowd@gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;=
border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">A few
comments on the BirdTunes app (birdsong identifying)
available<br>
from the iTunes store and other places.<br>
<br>
If you already have the excellent Sibley's app you will
already have<br>
all of the songs/calls included on the BirdTunes one.<br>
<br>
Its only advantage is the sonograms are shown for each
vocalization<br>
which some may find helpful for clarifying and comparing
songs or<br>
being a memory aid. I do. But unless you do, I would not
bother to buy<br>
this.<br>
<span><font color=3D"#888888"><br>
Nancy<br>
</font></span></blockquote>
</div>
<br>
</div>
</div>
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