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New Phone Service Promises to ID Songs

Posted by samzenpus on from the name-that-tune dept.

Coolnat2004 writes "Ever get a song stuck in your head, but you missed the DJ announcement of the song name? That's the idea powering a new cell phone-based service called 411-SONG. Just call 866-411-SONG, and hold your phone up to the speaker. 15 seconds later the call ends and the information on your song is displayed on your phone's screen. This comes at a price, though. 99 cents for your first 5 songs, and then 99 cents a song after that. However, nbc4.com reports that a subscription model may be coming soon. Wouldn't this technology be great for fixing up all those ID3 tags?"

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  1. Uh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So... now it costs as much to figure out what a song is as to buy it? No thanks.

    1. Re:Uh by commodoresloat · · Score: 5, Funny

      Nope; that's just normal slashdot user conversation. You must be new here.

    2. Re:Uh by lunakyoshi · · Score: 5, Funny

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  2. UK has Shazam Already by dan_polt · · Score: 5, Informative

    This type of service been available in the uk for a few years now with shazam, it works reasonably well for currently popular songs, fairs a bit oddly with some older stuff though.

    I have actually used it for mp3 tagging too :)

    1. Re:UK has Shazam Already by pete6677 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yep, its pretty accurate. I called them up, farted into the phone, and it gave the name of some Backstreet Boys song.

  3. Been there, done that .... by Paul+Lamere · · Score: 5, Informative

    Wouldn't this technology be great for fixing up all those ID3 tags? MusicBrainz

  4. Well by pHatidic · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Wouldn't this technology be great for fixing up all those ID3 tags?

    Well with google you can already do this for free. However, the catch is that you need good enough pitch to know what the notes are. But if you can get them (or close enough), then you can type them in to get the song.

    1. Re:Well by dnixon112 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Thanks for the idea!

      Sincerely,
      Google

  5. Service for slashdot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I am waiting for the service that allows you to hold your camera phone up to your computer screen and it tells you if the slashdot article is a dupe. (which this one is)