More Semantic Action: Topicmarks
March 21, 2011
“Mint Founder Invests in Semantic Text Startup” asserts some interesting semantic activity. Mashable.com reports that the company in question, Topicmarks, is raising a healthy bankroll from qualified investors with the help of the man behind Mint.com, Aaron Patzer.
Mr. Patzer certainly knows what a successful startup looks like, having sold his own creation for $170 million last year. Patzer on Topicmarks:
These guys have tech developed over the last three years, a team of strong engineers, deals in place with Evernote and ShareVault already. Also, I’ve done a dive into the algorithms behind the system, which are impressive and being patented.
What Topicmarks has managed to put together is a semantic tool that can read, analyze and summarize uploaded documents. It can quickly process hundreds of pages and distill the content into a manageable ten minute or less read. The company itself likens the technology to a personalized version of CliffsNotes for the text of one’s choosing. Not surprisingly, this is already becoming a favorite among students, but not so much teachers.
The product is also being laced together with popular cloud services such as DropBox for added functionality. Besides the numerous uses already in play, it’s easy to see the future applications of Topicmarks considering its ability to read varied formats. Need the key points from an RSS feed? Burdened with an overflowing email inbox? These are soon to be problems of the past.
If you want to see the technology firsthand, visit the Topicmarks Web site link above. Currently, the beta version is free to run and it is ridiculously easy. I uploaded a 111-page .pdf as a test, receiving pretty good results in a matter of minutes. My only question is: am I qualified to be an investor?
Sarah Rogers, March 21, 2011
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