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Once a Sagehen .../ NBA Coach Greg Popovich
Sagehen Wisdom
By Bill Plaschke
To the rest of the world, he's "Pop."
To the guys at Pomona-Pitzer, he's "Poppo."
"Guy gets in the NBA and goes monosyllabic on us," said Tim Dignan (Pitzer '86).
To the rest of the world, Gregg Popovich is the white-haired Red, the fox in the Zenhouse, the guy who has quietly become the NBA's best coach, of its best team. To the guys at Pomona-Pitzer, he was a coach who lived in a dorm and worked out of a converted storage closet and drove the school van and directed … intramurals?
"You watch him on TV today and you can't believe it," said Dignan, a former player. "This is Poppo, the guy who was once in charge of inner-tube water polo."
It is strange, surprising, perhaps the most unlikely story of these NBA Finals, this coach of the San Antonio Spurs having spent eight seasons on the rickety bench of the Division III Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens.
"I don't think it's something many people realize," said Charlie Katsiaficas, former Popovich assistant and current Sagehen head coach. "But it's something we'll never forget."
Blended into the tree-lined campuses of the five colleges in Claremont, the Pomona-Pitzer program is the combined athletic teams of Pomona College and Pitzer College. The combined enrollment (2,400) is low. The combined SAT scores are high. The athletic scholarships are zilch.
Poppo showed up in 1979 to take over a program that had not won a conference championship in more than a decade. Poppo, with still-dark hair, with one patched-sleeved, plaid sport coat, with loud ties that never reached his belt, with no idea.
"He was not ready for what was about to happen to him," said former player Kurt Herbst '82.
The gym was ancient and tiny, with scoreboards on the walls and wooden backboards on the sides. The locker room was open, with a partition that didn't reach the ceiling, so anyone could just climb right over.
Poppo's duties included chairing the Student Life committee, so he and his family of four lived for two years in Harwood dorm. His office wasn't close enough to the basketball floor, so he cleaned out a closet and worked there.
And, oh yeah, the team stank. In his first season, they went 2–22, even allowing Caltech to get its first conference win after 99 consecutive losses.
Those wild pep talks to wide-eyed Tim Duncan on TV? This is where it all started. "Against Caltech he shouted at us, 'Look at that guy! He got a 1600 on his SAT and he has a handkerchief in his pocket to clean his glasses and he's still kicking your butt!'" recalled Herbst.
That reliance on defense and smarts, this is where it all started. "I remember him giving us a defensive lecture, saying, 'Do not move your head up and down like a sine wave,'" said Dignan, referring to a math term. "I looked around and realized, it's amazing, we all understand what he's saying."
His treating the Spurs mostly like interchangeable parts—that comes from a time when he didn't have a choice. "It's no coincidence that the Spurs look more like a college team than anyone else in the NBA," said Curt Tong, former athletic director at Pomona. "When he was here, he never judged guys by the points they score, but the roles they play."
Eight seasons and one year-long sabbatical after arriving, Poppo left the Sagehens to become a Spur assistant coach, but his legacy has remained. He broke the championship drought in 1986. He built a program that has won seven titles in the last dozen seasons. He taught a bunch of unwitting young men that success comes from sacrifice, that titles are about team.
It is something he is still teaching today. "It's strange, but we watch the Spurs' games on TV, it's like we're watching Poppo coach Pomona-Pitzer," said Kirk Jones, longtime trainer. "He does the same things."
You think he gets mad when the Spurs aren't playing smart against the Pistons? Ask the Pomona-Pitzer guys about the time they weren't playing smart against Menlo ... or was it Vanguard ... maybe Occidental?
He once punched his hand through a chalkboard. Another time he threw chalk at his star. Yet another time, he stood in the middle of the locker room and challenged someone, anyone on his team to punch him.
"Lots of people think kids at Division III are something less," said Katsiaficas. "Poppo never did. He had a vision for this program. He wanted this to be the most important program in the country."
You think Popovich worries about going on the road to Detroit? In his final season at Pomona-Pitzer, he didn't even have a home gym. Renovations forced his team to practice down the street at Claremont McKenna College, at 5:30 a.m., where they would always find Poppo waiting for them.
"The heat would be turned on and the music would be turned up," said former player Rick Duque. "He didn't accept any excuses."
And then there is Popovich's ability to keep perspective, perhaps stemming from a moment during the 1987-88 season, when Pomona-Pitzer visited Kansas and was defeated, 94-38. During the game, Kansas coach Larry Brown grabbed the public address microphone and implored fans to stop chanting "air-ball."
Popovich told his Division III players to just look around historic Allen Fieldhouse and enjoy. "Is this great or what?" he said he told his players. "We're going to get our butts kicked. I don't care. You don't care. We're going to enjoy the heck out of this."
This was the Popovich who would drive players to the hospital, house them in his apartment, invite everyone over for something called Serbian tacos.
By the end of his tenure there, Popovich had become such a part of student life, serving on various faculty committees and recognized as an assistant professor, that he initially balked when called to the Spurs by his mentor, Brown.
"He asked me two questions," recalled Dignan. "He said, 'Who is on the team besides David Robinson? And, what is an illegal defense?'"
Since joining the Spurs, Popovich has learned this strange league while never forgetting his comfortable roots. He tells friends that the SCIAC championship basketball has been the only one displayed in his office.
When the Spurs are blown out, he has been known to compare it to a Pomona-Pitzer playoff beating at the hands of Nebraska Wesleyan.
And if any of his former players or coaches call him?
Well, he often calls them first.
When he's in town to play the Lakers, he tries to attend a game or practice. When Pomona-Pitzer visited Trinity University in San Antonio, he not only attended the game, he hung out with the team later at the hotel. Any friends from the old days who want tickets, they've got them. He has hosted them at parties after the Spurs won NBA championships. He has physically illustrated plays from them outside locker rooms.
"We're in Phoenix, and Poppo is moving people around this hallway to show me a play, and Robert Horry walks by and tells him to quit giving away their secrets," recalled Dignan. "Poppo is amazing. He's as down to earth now as he was back then."
And when somebody dares break up the detailed basketball talk to ask him about Pomona-Pitzer, which happened in a press conference last season? "It was wonderful," he said later adding, "It gave you a real breadth of experience ... that's what I thought I would always do."
He was then asked, did anything learned at Pomona-Pitzer apply to the NBA? A bold question, but one that could be answered by eight years' worth of former Division III players who have delighted in seeing their nice little game carried to the sport's grandest stage by a guy who has changed only the patches on his jacket.
"You might think I'm teasing you," Poppo said, "but everything applies."
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More information: If you build it, you will learn. And thrive. And help better our world. That's the message of the inaugural Bagley College of Engineering Maker Faire scheduled for Wednesday, June 18.
The two-location, open house event is open to the public between 1-5 p.m. Visitors will learn how hands-on education is being used to create a "Nation of Makers" who aren't afraid to get their hands dirty to solve tomorrow's problems.
"We are embracing the concepts of Maker Education to create more opportunities for students to develop confidence, creativity and an interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics-learning as a basis for bringing their ideas to life," said Jason Keith, interim dean.
The Bagley College Maker Faire is split between two locations, each focusing on the tools and results of hands-on, or "Maker," education.
At the Raspet Flight Research Laboratory (114 Airport Road, Starkville), visitors can tour the design and fabrication facility. There also will be presentations and demonstrations of student-created machines including the Formula-SAE race car and an unmanned aerial vehicle.
The on-campus site in Patterson Engineering Building (516 Hardy Road on the Mississippi State campus) will feature a demonstration of the 3-D printers in the Undergraduate Prototyping Laboratory. Displays in the entrance of the building will showcase the student-designed robots, steel bridges and a concrete canoe. Student entrepreneurs also will have displays highlighting their inventions, which have earned funding for continued development.
Presentations, tours and demonstrations will take approximately 10 minutes allowing visitors to come-and-go throughout the event.
Declared the Day of Making, June 18 will see communities across the country holding "maker"-related events. These events are happening in conjunction with a White House initiative to support the Maker Movement--an organized push to encourage tinkerers, entrepreneurs and inventors.
Follow the Day of Making activities using #NationofMakers on Twitter. For more information about the Maker Movement, Maker Education and Maker Faire, visit www.whitehouse.gov/makerfaire.
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A method and system are provided for using the contents of voice files as a basis for enabling search and other selection operations for data items that are associated with those voice files. Voice files may be received having associations with other data items, such as images or records. A corresponding text file is generated for each of the one or more voice files using programmatic means, such as a speech-to-text application. Each text file is provided an association with a data item based on the association of the voice file that served as the basis of its creation. Each text file is then made available for the performance of search and selection operations that result in the identification of associated data items.
1. A method for enabling search of visual media data items from a collection, the method being implemented by one or more processors that perform steps comprising:
enabling search operations on select data items that include content other than speech and text, but which have one or more associated files or data that includes speech, by programmatically converting the speech in said associated files or data into text for use with search operations that specify text;
wherein enabling the search operations includes:
identifying the one or more associated files or data, each of the one or more associated files or data pertaining to a respective data item from the collection;
generating a respective text file for each of the one or more associated files or data;
for each of the one or more associated files or data, associating the respective text file with the respective data item; and
in response to receiving a textual selection criteria, comparing the selection criteria against text contained in the one or more text files.
2. The method of
identifying the one or more associated files or data includes identifying one or more voice tags generated for a set of one or more data items in the collection that correspond to visual media that corresponds to digital images; and
enabling search of the data items in the collection includes using a respective text file pertaining to a voice tag of the one or more voice tags to identify a digital image associated with the voice tag.
3. The method of
identifying one or more voice tags includes identifying one or more voice tags generated for a set of one or more records from a group consisting of: (i) calendar events, (ii) list items, (iii) memos from a memorandum application, (iv) contacts, (v) ink notes, and (vi) messages.
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identifying the selection criteria from a user-input.
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14. A computer implemented method for enabling search of data items from a collection, the method comprising:
enabling search operations on select data items that include content other than speech and text, but which have one or more associated files or data that includes speech, by programmatically converting the speech in said associated files or data into text for use with search operations that specify text;
wherein enabling the search operations includes:
identifying data corresponding to a plurality of data items, each of the plurality of data items having a respective audible speech;
for each data item in the plurality of data items, (i) programmatically extracting the respective audible speech from the received data in response to receiving the data, then (ii) programmatically converting the extracted respective audible speech into a respective text data; and
enabling a subsequent search operation for identifying at least a portion of one or more of the plurality of data items by comparing a criteria to respective text data of at least some of the plurality of data items.
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This application claims benefit of priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/641,338, filed Jan. 3, 2005, the aforementioned priority application being hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
The disclosed embodiments relate generally to the field of data management. In particular, the disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for enabling search and selection operations to be performed for data items and records using data obtained from associated voice files.
Applications that use voice files are increasingly popular. For example, in the realm of handheld devices and smart phones, voice memo applications provide a useful tool for individuals to maintain reminders and thoughts. Such memos can be associated with records from other applications, such as calendar events and contacts. For small devices, voice input allows users to compensate for the lack of user-input mechanisms, such as keyboards.
Voice tags are relatively small voice files that are used in association with other data items. Currently, some devices allow individuals to generate voice tags for phone numbers, where the voice tags are played back when that phone number is used. For example, a user may create a voice tag for a contact, and when an incoming telephone call is detected from that contact, the voice tag is played back.
Cameras, video recorders, and devices capable of capturing images and videos are often equipped to record voice tags. A user can record voice tags to identify the occasion or context of a when a digital image is taken. Images can then be transferred from device to computer, and amongst computers. With the transfer, the identifying or characteristic voice tag can also be transferred. Thus, the user can take a picture and record a voice tag using a digital camera, transfer the image to a desktop computer, and still be able to have the voice tag associated with the image and available for playback.
Embodiments of the invention enable data to be generated from the contents of voice files for purpose of enabling the performance of search and selection operations. According to an embodiment, search and selection operations may be performed to identify data items that are associated with voice files. Examples of such data items include images or records, for which users generate voice tags or files as additional content or associated material. As such, a user can create voice tags and/or memos with images, records and/or other data items, and later be able to use data derived from those voice files to perform search and selection operations for select data items.
Generally, voice files can be used to provide supplemental or characteristic information about data items. For example, digital cameras are sometimes equipped with the ability to enable the user to record voice tags along with recorded images. This voice file can be transferred from the device to a computer and stored in association with the image, so that the voice file is retrievable at a later date and identifiable to the same picture. In some applications, voice files can provide content for a data item. For example, in the context of a video capturing device, an audio file containing speech or voice data may accompany a file containing video data. Voice files can also provide content for personal information management (PIM) applications. For example, users can enter voice memos that verbally described a contact's preference, and this voice file can be attached with the contact record for later use. Numerous other examples exist of how voice files can be used in association with other data items. According to an embodiment described herein, a person can search and retrieve data items using the associated voice files. Additionally, the search and selections may be performed through use of search terms and selection criteria.
Many past approaches have limited the use of voice files to playback. In contrast, an embodiment of the invention enable uses to search and retrieve data items by searching searchable files generated from the contents of voice files associated with those data items. In one embodiment, a user may search such voice files using text-based search terms and criterion. The result is that a person can rely on voice files to perform operations that include searching, sorting and organizing, when in the past, the user's ability to use such voice files beyond playback was very limited.
A method and system are provided for using the contents of voice files as a basis for enabling search and other selection operations to be performed for data items that are associated with those voice files. In one embodiment, voice files are received having associations with other data items, such as images or records. A corresponding text file is generated for each of the one or more voice files using programmatic means, such as a speech-to-text application. Each text file is provided an association with a data item. This association is based on the association of the voice file that served as the basis of text file's creation. Each text file is then made available for the performance of search and selection operations that result in the identification of associated data items.
A voice file corresponds to any audio file that contains spoken words or utterances of a user. A voice tag is a voice file that is short in duration, usually lasting only a few words.
Examples of data items include digital images and records. Specific kinds of records that can be used include calendar events, list items (e.g. to-do list, shopping list, expense list), memos from a memorandum application, contacts, ink notes, and messages (e.g. emails). A user may, in connection with any of the data items listed, generate a voice file.
According to another embodiment, a system is provided that includes an interface module and a presentation module. The interface module may receive data items and voice files associated with designated or individual data items. The interface module feeds voice data from the voice file to a speech-to-text application to cause a resulting text file to be generated. This text file may be stored in association with the data item. The presentation module may be configured to identify a text selection criteria from a user input. A comparison operation may be performed on the text file in order to determine whether the text file satisfies the text selection criteria.
Comparison operations may correspond to search operations, including operations performed to match user-entered search terms with content or text contained in the text files.
Methods described with this application, or portions thereof, may be performed programmatically. As used herein, the term "programmatically" means through the use of programming, code or computer-implemented instructions.
One or more embodiments described herein may be implemented using modules. A module may include a program, a subroutine, a portion of a program, a software component or a hardware component capable of performing a stated task or function. As used herein, a module can exist on a hardware component such as a server independently of other modules, or a module can exist with other modules on the same server or client terminal, or within the same program.
Furthermore, one or more embodiments described herein may be implemented through the use of instructions that are executable by one or more processors. These instructions may be carried on a computer-readable medium. Machines shown in figures below provide examples of processing resources and computer-readable mediums on which instructions for implementing embodiments of the invention can be carried and/or executed. In particular, the numerous machines shown with embodiments of the invention include processor(s) and various forms of memory for holing data and instructions. Examples of computer-readable mediums include permanent memory storage devices, such as hard drives on personal computers or servers. Other examples of computer storage mediums include portable storage units, such as CD or DVD units, flash memory (such as carried on many cell phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs)), and magnetic memory. Computers, terminals, network enabled devices (e.g. mobile devices such as cell phones) are all examples of machines and devices that utilize processors, memory, and instructions stored on computer-readable mediums.
Step 110 provides that a voice file is created and associated with a data item. One scenario may correspond to a user generating a voice tag for a recently captured digital image. In such a scenario, a digital camera may be equipped with a microphone to enable the user to enter a voice tag. Alternatively, the digital camera functionality may be integrated into a smart phone device, in which case the smart phone may include the microphone and application to enable the user to create a voice file. Numerous other examples exist for using voice file sin association with other data items. For example, one scenario may correspond to a user inserting a voice memorandum as a calendar event, or as a record in a memorandum list. Still further, the voice file may correspond to audible voice data contained in an audio file that accompanies a video clip.
In step 120, a text file is created from the voice file. This step may be performed programmatically. In one embodiment, data from the voice file is fed into a speech-to-text application. This may be accomplished by directing data from the voice file into the speech-to-text application with no playback, or by playing back the voice file in the presence of the speech-to-text application.
In step 130, the association for the text file is made. This association may be to the same data item that the voice file, from which the text file is created, is associated with. As an example, a digital image having a voice tag may, as a result of completing this step, also have associated with it a text file, and this text file may be created from the voice tag. As such, the contents of the text file may have correspondence to the contents of the voice tag. Also, while the text file and the voice file may have correspondence in content, this correspondence may be imperfect, or even non-existent, as a result of the fact that speech-to-text applications have limited accuracy.
Once text files are established, step 140 provides that user-input is received to perform a selection operation on a collection of data items. The user-input may be in the form of text, such as a word, term or string of alphanumeric characters. Some or all of the data items in the collection may have voice and text files associated with them, in a manner consistent with performance of steps 110-130. A selection operation may, for example, correspond to a search of data items that match a particular criteria, a sort of data items based on one or more criteria, or a structuring or organization of data items based on the one or more criteria.
In step 150, the user-input is compared against the contents of the text file to determine if the data item associated with that text file is subject to be selected. In one embodiment, the term or word entered by the user is compared against all terms and words in the text file to determine if the text file matches the user-input. More sophisticated search and retrieval algorithms may also be used to determine items that match a search term or criteria when the match is not exact.
If the text file does match the user-input, then step 160 returns the data item associated with the text file. A method such as described by
Step 220 provides that a text file is created from the voice tag. In one embodiment, this step may be performed by applying the voice tag with a speech-to-text recognition application.
In step 230, the text file is associated with the same set of images that the voice tag was associated with. In one embodiment, metadata associating a voice tag with a set of one or more images is copied for a metadata file of the text file.
In step 240, a search term is received from a user. The search term may be entered at a time when the pictures are downloaded are provided on a computer system such as a media station or desktop computer. In one embodiment, the search terms can be in the form of a keyword, or multiple keywords that are related to one another through the use of BOOLEAN operators. An interface may be provided to extract criterion from the user's input. In one embodiment, the search request may be entered through the use of speech and then handled by a speech recognition application or script which then converts the speech to text input.
In step 250, the contents of the text files are searched for matches to the identified search terms. For example, text files that contain close matches may be identified. However, given that speech-to-text applications can be inaccurate, exact matches may not be necessary. If the user enters two words, for example, matching results may be identified from text files that contain one of the two words. As another example, if the user enters one word, the phonetic equivalent in a text file may be deemed matching. Numerous search algorithms may be employed, with different variants. Thus, the particular search algorithm used may be one of design choice or implementation.
A search may be processed for each text file in a folder or collection of images. Thus, if in step 255, a determination of whether a particular file is matching is negative, step 260 provides that a determination is made as to whether another unchecked text file exists. If the determination in step 255 is positive, then step 270 provides that the image associated with the text file that matched the search request is identified for the search result. After step 270, the determination of step 260 is performed. If the determination is that another unchecked text file exists, then step 280 provides that the other text file is retrieved. Step 250 is then performed, with the comparison of the contents of the new text file being made against the search term. Otherwise, when the determination of step 260 is that no more text files exist to be searched, then step 290 provides that a search result is provided to the user. In one embodiment, the search result comprises the images for which there are associated text files that matched the search term of the user. In one embodiment, the search result is presented to the user, such as in the form of a slideshow.
To provide an example, a user may search a collection of digital images having voice tags by specifying a search term (e.g. "Birthday" or "Holiday"). The search term may be specified as a text-based entry, through, for example, a keyboard (or even through a speech recognition application that generates text output). When the user enters the search term, the text files are searched for words that match the search term. The images that satisfy the search term are the images for which there are associated text files having words that satisfy the search term. This may include exact matches, or close matches to permit for misspellings or phonetic equivalents. The result of the user's search request may be in the form of a presentation, such as a slide show, where a series of images are shown one after another. With the images, the voice files may also be played back. The text files, however, may be kept hidden from the user. The text files are thus used to match search result, while the voice files may enrich the slide show presentation.
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In one embodiment, metadata 308 designates the association between voice files 322 and the data items 302. The association may be made at any time, including just after the creation of the data item, or a subsequent time thereafter. For example, a person may review records or images and provide voice files on a separate computer from which the data items were generated. The voice files 322 may be created through the use of a voice recorder 320, which may include a combination of hardware or software. However, it may also be possible for some voice files to be created from other voice files or other sources. For example, one voice file may be computer-generated or a copy from another voice file.
A speech-to-text conversion application 330 may generate a collection of text files 332. Each text file 332 may be generated by applying a corresponding one of the voice files 322 as input to the speech-to-text conversion application 330. As individual text files 332 are generated from corresponding voice files 322, each text file may be associated with a data item of the corresponding voice file. In one embodiment, the association between individual text files 332 and data items 302 is created by copying metadata 308 that associates the corresponding voice file 322 with one of the data items 302. Resulting metadata 318 may form the association between text files 332 and data items 302. As such, metadata provides one example of how associations between files can be identified, created and maintained.
In one implementation, voice data from an individual voice file 322 may be fed to the speech-to-text conversion application 330. Alternatively, an individual voice file 322 may be played back for the speech-to-text conversion application 330. The speech-to-text conversion application 330 may be a standard, commercially available application (e.g. as provided with MICROSOFT OFFICE, manufactured by the MICROSOFT CORPORATION). An interface may be provided to the speech-to-text conversion application 330 to configure its use for an application such as shown in
A presentation module 340 may be provided to enable individuals to perform selection operations for data items 302 using the collection of text files 332. According to embodiments, the presentation module 340 may include user-interface features for receiving input that specifies what data items the user is interested in.
In response to receiving the search request 352, the presentation module 340 may identify one or more criterion 354. The criterion 354 and the search term may be the same. Alternatively, the criterion 354 may be derived from the search term. The criterion 354 is used to search the collection of text files 332 for text files that satisfy the criterion. Depending on how the search and selection algorithm is implemented, this may correspond to inspecting text in the content of individual text files 332 for character strings that match the criterion 354. Alternatively, the text files 332 may be inspected for terms, such as keywords, specified in the criterion 354 (or phonetic equivalents, related versions of the word, or words that have some but not all of the search terms).
Inspecting the collection of text files 332 yields a search result 356. In one embodiment, the search result 356 includes identifies of data items 302 that are associated with the text files 332 that satisfy the search request 352. The search result 356 may then be used to retrieve corresponding data items 302. The presentation module 340 may perform a selection operation 358 to retrieve corresponding data items 302 of those identified in the search result 356. The result is that a set of matching data items 360 are retrieved from the collection of data items 302.
In one embodiment, the presentation module 340 generates a presentation 362 based on the matching data items 360. Depending on how embodiments of the invention are implemented, the presentation 360 may be as simple as a list or a panel of thumb-previews. Alternatively, the presentation 362 may render the matching data items in a specific manner, such as through a slide-show. In one embodiment, voice tags 322 generated in association with the data items 302 may be played back when the individual data items are presented. Thus, for example, one implementation provides for a slide show in which matching data items 360 are rendered with playback from corresponding voice files 322.
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The mobile device 410 may be equipped with an image capturing component 412 to capture images and to store data corresponding to the images in a device memory 415. The mobile device 410 may also include a voice recorder 414 for receiving voice data. The mobile device 410 may be configured with programming (e.g. software and/or firmware) to enable voice files created through use of voice recorder 414 to be stored in the device memory 415 in association with data files corresponding to digital images. The designation of voice files to digital images may be made by the user through use of user-interface features on the mobile device 410. However, the voice files can be generated at any time, including after the data files corresponding to the digital images have been copied or transferred onto computing system 430.
In one implementation, the mobile device 410 is a cellular wireless device, equipped with image or video capturing functionality. However, the mobile device 410 may correspond to any device having image capturing capabilities, including digital camera or camcorders.
The mobile device 410 is configured for exchanging data with the computer system 430. The medium and mode in which transfer takes place may vary, depending on the implementation and the type of mobile device in use. For example, images and related data stored on the mobile device 410 may be transferred to the computer system 430 through a local connection, such as via wireline, Bluetooth, WIFI, or Infrared mediums. The images and related data may be copied directly or part of a larger synchronization process. Alternatively, in one embodiment, the mobile device 410 includes cellular communication capabilities and a communication application 455 to enable the device to communicate with a designated network or network location. In
In one embodiment, data that is exchanged includes image data for recreating images captured on the mobile device 410, data for voice files associated with the captured images, and data associating voice files with captured images. On the computer system 430, data received from the mobile device may 410 be handled by an interface module 440. The image data form the mobile device 410 may be stored as an item in a data store 444. The voice data and the association data may be used to recreate voice files in association with specific image files in the data store 444.
In addition to storing data transferred from the mobile device 410, the interface module 440 may supply voice data 454 from the voice files to a speech-to-text application 460. The result of supplying data from the voice files to the speech-to-text application 460 is the creation of text files 464. The text files 464 may be stored in the data store 444 in association with corresponding image files. In one embodiment, the interface module 440 may transfer voice data 454 responsively to receiving the data from the mobile device 410. For example, the interface module 440 may supply the voice data 454 to the speech-to-text application 460 on-the-fly, as the image data 432 and the voice data are received from the mobile device 410. The interface module 440 may buffer the incoming data as it stores the data in data store 444 and then concurrently generate text files 464 using the speech-to-text application 460. As an alternative, the interface module 440 may be used-directed or event driven, to retrieve voice data 454 from data store 444 and supply the data to the speech-to-text application 460. In one embodiment, the speech-to-text application 460 and/or the interface module 440 are each configured to enable the speech-to-text application to handle and convert voice data 454 with no playback of audio. To facilitate achieving this result, the interface module 440 may configure voice data 454 into a digitized format used by the speech-to-text application 460.
The interface module 440 may also handle providing the correct associations to each generated text file 464, so that the text files 464 are used in connection with the right images. In one embodiment, the operation of the interface module 440 and speech-to-text application 460 are background, and undetectable to the user. The user may only know of the image files and voice files.
A search-interface 480 may be provided on the computer system 430 to enable user's to enter search input and receive output. The search-interface 480 may coincide with or form part of the presentation module 340 (
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In one embodiment, the wireless port 510 communicates with another device or computer (such as mobile device 410) to receive image data 512, and perhaps voice data 514. As mentioned, the communication port can be a local port (e.g. wireline, Bluetooth, WIFI or Infrared), a network port, or even a port for receiving wireless cellular communications. Image data 512 and voice data 514 may be received and handled by processing resources 520. The processing resources 520 may execute instructions to store image data and voice data in appropriate files corresponding to images and voice tags created by the user. Additionally, the processing resources 520 may execute modules and/or applications for converting the voice data 514 into text data 522. For example, processing resources 520 may execute instructions corresponding to speech-to-text application 460 (
In addition, processing resources 520 may communicate with user-interface components 540 to process inputs (e.g. search terms and criterion) as well as to provide output. Specific examples of user-interface components for use with embodiments of the invention include a keyboard for enabling the user to enter search terms, a display for displaying images or other records that match the user's request, and a speaker to playback voice files in association with displayed images and records.
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While embodiments described herein provide for associating a text-based voice tag with an image, one or more embodiments further provide that some or all text data generated for a particular image is incorporated into the actual image, rather than provided as a separate file. In particular, an embodiment contemplates that binary representation of the image is altered to convey text. Such an embodiment requires the file format to enable the text encoding. For example, the JPEG image format enables such encoding.
In one embodiment, the image is altered to convey text as an embedded characteristic. The encoding of the bit map may be altered to include key words (corresponding to detected voice utterances), depending on the limits of the bit layer alterations provided for in the image file format. For example, with JPEG formatted pictures, it is not practical to encode more than 256 characters into the image file. As described with previous embodiments, the text data that is encoded into the image data may be the result of a speech-to-text conversion.
Under one implementation, a user may record a voice tag which is then translated into text. Key words from the text translation may be identified programmatically. Data corresponding to the keywords is then embedded in the image as described. The voice tag may be maintained with the image. As an example, a user may capture an image, the record a voice tag that states "Birthday 2005-Good time".
Once the text translation is performed, the keyword analysis may identify "Birthday" as a keyword. When the user performs a subsequent search, the results may be identified from text data embedded in the picture, rather than from another text file associated with the image. In the example provided, the search may return the image if the search term is "Birthday".
Furthermore, one or more embodiments of the invention may be used on or implemented with a "personal network", such as described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/888,606; the aforementioned application being hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. A personal network is a set of interconnected devices and resources that can communicate and share data across networks, domains, and platforms. Individual components of a personal network are aware of other components and their capabilities, particularly when the other components are relevant to that component. In such an environment, voice files, text files and images may be shared and distributed to different devices that are capable of using such files, particularly in a manner described with one or more embodiments of the invention. Devices that are part of a personal network may also be aware of the presence of the voice files, text files and images if they are capable of using those files. However, numerous other kinds of systems may be used. For example, a system such as described above may correspond to a home network, in which computers, computing devices and media devices are interconnected with one another to share data and to enable Internet connectivity of different devices. Alternatively, no network is needed, as an embodiment may be implemented on just one camera device connected to computer, such as a desktop computer or media station.
Although illustrative embodiments of the invention have been described in detail herein with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to those precise embodiments. As such, many modifications and variations will be apparent to practitioners skilled in this art. Accordingly, it is intended that the scope of the invention be defined by the following claims and their equivalents. Furthermore, it is contemplated that a particular feature described either individually or as part of an embodiment can be combined with other individually described features, or parts of other embodiments, even if the other features and embodiments make no mentioned of the particular feature. This, the absence of describing combinations should not preclude the inventor from claiming rights to such combinations.
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After this weekend, I could use a cookie or ten. We spent all day yesterday and Saturday cleaning out our second bedroom. How is it possible to have so much STUFF in one little room? Luckily we made really good progress. Now we just need to sell a few pieces of furniture on Craig's List and offload some extra packaging material I have from the business. Making progress! It seems that the baby might have sensed that we were preparing his room for him, because yesterday afternoon I FINALLY felt a kick for the first time. In fact, I felt a few, but it took a couple of times for me to realize what was happening. It really did feel like a "pop" as they say. Totally incredible. I told Matt that I thought it was happening and he managed to put his hand on my belly just in time to feel a tiny kick! That really was an exciting moment to enjoy together.
I made these cookies a few weeks ago but kind of wish they were still around. They are definitely on the dark side, not a sweet sweet cookie by any means. I really enjoyed, that, though, for a more sophisticated cookie option. They would be perfect for an afternoon coffee date or even as a morning pick-me-up. I won't tell!
Rich Espresso Cookies with Salted Caramel Ganache
Makes ~21 sandwich cookies
Espresso Cookies
Cookies barely adapted from Food and Wine
215 grams / 7 5/8 ounces (~1 1/2 cups) all-purpose flour
55 grams / 2 ounces (~1/2 cup) good quality dark cocoa
11 grams / 3/8 ounces (~3 tablespoons) instant espresso powder
1 gram (~1/8 teaspoon) salt
170 grams / 6 ounces (3/4 cup / 1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened at room temperature
120 grams / 7 3/8 ounces (~1 cup) granulated sugar
50 grams (1 large whole) egg, room temperature
Sift flour, cocoa, espresso and salt into a medium bowl; set aside
In the large bowl of an electric mixer with paddle attachment, beat butter and sugar on medium-high speed until well combined
Add egg and mix on medium until well combined
Stop mixer and scrape sides of the bowl with a spatula
Add dry ingredients and mix on low just until combined, do not overmix; Chill dough for 30 minutes
While dough is chilling, pre-heat oven to 350 degrees and line two baking sheets with parchment paper or slipats
When ready to bake, use a small cookie dough scoop or tablespoon to make cookie dough balls on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper (about 1 tablespoons each); lightly flatten cookie dough balls with palm of your hand
Bake cookies for 9-10 minutes; cookies should appear set
Salted Caramel Ganache
Source: Chocolate Moosey
170 grams / 6 ounces dark chocolate, roughly chopped (I used 72%)
2 fluid ounces / 1/4 cup salted caramel
4 fluid ounces / 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
Combine chocolate and caramel in a large heat-proof bowl and set aside
Place cream in a small saucepan over medium heat for several minutes until cream begins to bubble (do NOT bring to full boil)
Pour cream over chocolate and caramel; let set for 5 minutes
Whisk together ganache until there are no lumps
For cookies, chill ganache in refrigerator for 35 minutes or until it has thickened to a spreadable consistency
Note: There will be extra ganache. Chill it and roll into balls for truffles or eat it with a spoon, I won't tell!


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I'd have to say that we don't have enough information, but here's what I'll consider as for adding comments to records.
Is it possible, or likely, that you'll eventually want more than one comment per record? If so, you want a new table with a foreign key to the "master" table. That way multiple comments can be attached to the same record.
As an example, we have a CustomerNotes table. And there are different note types. Different types identify if the note should show up in the Point of Sale system, the CRM, etc. Also the note type can determine urgency.
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Stopping by Andy Cohen's Watch What's Happening Live on Bravo last night, the Harry Potter and the Dealthy Hallows: Part 2 villain was cajoled into reading some erotic fiction starring none other than He Who Cannot Be Named himself. Not having a nose or a sense of morality has never been so hot! "How is it possible that the touch of this evil man could feel so wickedly good?" Fiennes reads. We'll let you listen to rest of the NSFW video yourself since it's sort of scandalous. Though extremely fictional! And about fictional characters! Man, we thought our crush on Ralph Fiennes could never get any bigger. Or…um…our crush on Voldemort. We are so ashamed.


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Video:Flan de Fresas: Strawberry Flanwith Natasha Levitan
A variation on a rich and yummy Spanish dessert, this flan recipe is flavored with strawberries instead of traditional vanilla. Learn how to make flan de fresas in your home.See Transcript
Transcript:Flan de Fresas: Strawberry FlanHi! I'm Natasha Levitan for About.com Food. Today I'm going to show you how to make flan de fresas, or strawberry flan.
Strawberry Flan IngredientsYou will need:
- 1/2 pint fresh, ripe strawberries
- 3/4 c. granulated sugar
- 1/2 c. condensed milk
- 3 eggs
Caramelize the SugarPut a heavy skillet or saucepan over medium heat and add 1/4 cup granulated sugar. With the back of a wooden spoon, keep the sugar moving constantly in skillet until sugar is completely melted, and of a rich, medium brown color. Pour caramelized sugar into your ramekin and set aside.
Prepare the Strawberry FlanWash the strawberries and remove the stems. Place the strawberries, sugar eggs and condensed milk into a blender, turn it on high and blend until strawberries are minced and all ingredients are mixed thoroughly. Pour the strawberry mixture into the ramekin on top of sugar. Cover each ramekin with aluminum foil.
Bake the Flan in a Ramekin BathHeat the oven to 350 degrees. Place each ramekin into a large, open, oven-proof pan. Add very hot water to the pan so that the ramekins are approximately 3/4 in the water. Carefully place the pan on to the middle shelf of the oven and bake for about 45 minutes. Carefully remove the pan with the ramekin, uncover and to allow to cool.
Serve the Strawberry FlanOnce cool, place in refrigerator to chill. When you are ready to serve, run a knife around the ramekin to loosen the flan. Then, place the serving plate on top of each one and flip it over. Garnish with fresh strawberries and serve.
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Frasier Nora G. Frasier has been named the chief nursing officer for Baptist Medical Center downtown. Frasier was with Christus Spohn Health System in Corpus Christi. She was vice president and chief nurse executive. She was responsible for strategic planning and oversight of nursing policy and practice in the system's six hospitals. [Read More]
NuStar makes terminal promotion
Gaffney Bob Gaffney has been promoted to vice president of Statia Terminal Operations for NuStar Energy L.P. Gaffney, a 25 year veteran of NuStar and its predecessors, will be managing capital projects, marine and terminal operations, maintenance, and health, safety and environmental programs for the Point Tupper, Nova Scotia and St. Eustatius terminals. [Read More]
A new face at H-E-B
Costner I know this mug shot is ridiculously small, but it is the only image I could find of Phil Costner, the new vice president of purchasing for H-E-B. Costner was vice president of food and beverage for T.G.I. Friday's. He left that job earlier this month. [Read More]
Money, money, money, money, money
Labatt Genteman South Texas Money Management has added two new executives to its ranks. James Genteman has been named the firm's fixed income portfolio manager. He will be in charge of all areas of fixed income research and investing and will manage taxable and non-taxable accounts for clients. Genteman spent five years as vice president […] [Read More]
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Hatton Miles Rackspace Managed Hosting has added two new executives to its ranks. Kiprian Miles came over from Golfsmith, where he was the vice president and chief information officer. He will become Rackspace's new VP of information technology. Rackspace also added Thomas Hatton to the newly created position of vice president of talent development. Hatton […] [Read More]
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They were only misdemeanors
Crawford Two misdemeanors weren't enough to keep San Antonio's Seno Medical Instruments Inc. from bringing in a former federal regulator who gave up the top job with the FDA after two months. The biotech company just named Lester Crawford to its scientific advisory committee. Crawford knows about medical device approval from the inside. He served […] [Read More]
Patti packs it in
Larsen Vice President of Media Relations Patti Larsen is leaving the Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce next week. She's joining the CE Group on Aug. 6. Could it be she couldn't stand the thought of life at the chamber without retiring President Joe Krier? The chamber newsletter didn't say. [Read More]
A tale of two Rebeccas
Kassner Berzewski Taylor West Advertising has a couple of promotions. Rebecca Berzewski is the agency's first-ever chief operations officer. The position is a newly-created one. Berzewski was an account supervisor in charge of the agency's IBC account. Rebecca Kassner was promoted to chief financial officer. She was the company's controller/vice president. [Read More]
Teel starts own firm
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Nice cat, congrats! I sure wish we could shoot them here!
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Nice cat, congrats! I sure wish we could shoot them here!
Mountain Lions became a "specially protected species" in 1990. CA F&G notes right after noting "specially protected species" that "This has nothing to do with their relative abundance and does not imply that they are rare." The guesstimate on the CA F&G site is 6,000 state wide and that they estimate the population is high. If CA ever delists lions and opens them up to hunting again, there are some big Mountain Lions out this way. However, currently with our state, we also have a abundant count of anti hunting, anti gun groups so I'd be surprised if delisting Mountain Lion will happen anytime soon. I'm not blaming our CA F&G but our slow acting crazy politics out here.
BobT's state seems to have a similar policy in Missouri,
Under Missouri's Wildlife Code, mountain lions are a protected species that may be killed only if they attack or kill livestock or domestic animals or threaten human safety.
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Posted on 3 May 2011 by Frank Sullivan.
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The pick is in. After seeing Jacksonville and Tennessee make fools of themselves. And being excited about the choice that New England took from us, Anthony Castonzo fell to the Colts at 22. Castonzo was incredible player at BC. He started four seasons there, and now he will probably start at left tackle pushing CJ to guard or right tackle. I love the pick, aside from being confused for ...
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Spring is here and so is the NFL draft tonight. Are you a Giants Draft Junkie?
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While the owners and players keep battling it out to see if we will have an NFL season this year, one thing is for certain that we will have the NFL draft this spring. For many people, spring is when everyone starts feeling better about their lives, the sun starts to shine brightly, the flowers start to bloom, the grass gets green again, fathers and sons have a catch in the back yard, and ge...
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Attempting to project which player the New York Jets will take in the 2011 NFL Rookie Draft is a tough task, but of one thing I am certain: He will play on the defensive side of the ball. Coach Rex Ryan came to New York with the reputation of being a defensive wizard and the Jets have improved under him. However, it was their inability to stop Pittsburgh's offense last January that led...
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Sometimes we are all guilty of getting ahead of ourselves, guilty of riding the bandwagon of a player, or even a team. Every year there is a "sweetheart" team or player that everyone falls in love with. This year that player is Derrick Rose, and the team is The Chicago Bulls. Most NBA fans are guilty of this, including myself to a certain extent. Rose is outstanding, and The...
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