About SpeakerText

SpeakerText allows video publishers to convert video into textual transcripts, making the video content visible to search engines and readable on screen while the video is playing. Interactive transcripts help videos get viral and also the improvement in accessibility boosts site traffic where the videos appear. The driving principle behind SpeakerText is that "creative people should be acknowledged and rewarded for their hard work." The company was launched by journalist Matt Mireles who wanted to make it easy for bloggers to link back to memorable quotes inside the videos he was making. Mireles believes video publishers will receive more recognition if it is easier to access and cite their work.

Find out more by visiting www.speakertext.com. 

Chief Executive Officer
SpeakerText.com

Matt Mireles is the founder and chief executive officer of SpeakerText.com. SpeakerText is an interactive transcript and metadata creation service for online video publishers. Its player plugin lets users read, search, and navigate through a video just like a text document. It markets to content owners as a powerful tool for video search engine optimization (SEO). Behind the scenes, SpeakerText has invented a machine-augmented crowd sourcing system that powers its video-to-text service. The guts of the system is a proprietary closed-loop quality control algorithm that lets SpeakerText offer consistent high-quality without any direct oversight or supervision.

Presented November 18, 2010