Soundquest

soundquest is a tailor-made search tool for audio(visual) collections. our mission is to contribute to making historical heritage accessible to a broader public, by improving the searchability and user friendliness of audio(visual) collections. significant parts of historical heritage lie in the form of sound and audiovisual materials, such as radio and television programs, films, music, and spoken word recordings like interviews. these collections continue growing constantly due to the huge amount of audio(visual) material that society produces every day. finding relevant information in this ocean of data is often an extremely time-consuming task. soundquest offers new ways to approach untapped treasures plunged in the depths of archives. by implementing technologies of speech-to-text and sound classification on the base of machine learning, we offer archives, libraries, museums, high education and research institutions holding audio(visual) collections a solution that adjusts to t