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Quote:Now consumers can use the same technology used by the CIA to find podcasts.

PodZinger officially launched its audio search service on Wednesday, based on speech recognition software that parent company BBN Technologies sells to government agencies.

PodZinger aims to make it easier for users to help determine relevance by displaying the text surround the search term in snippets. Alex Laats, president of BBN's Delta Division, said that the combination of audio and visual cues let people quickly gauge relevance without having to listen to the audio segment.