Why date and slug search stops working
Most news archives are catalogued by date, slug and bulletin name, written once by whoever ingested the tape. Later questions are about a person, a quote or a place that nobody tagged. A producer looking for the minister's statement on a flood package has to already know which bulletin carried it.
What a searchable news archive holds
A time-aligned transcript of every bulletin, the people and places mentioned, the text on screen such as straps and tickers, and shot boundaries. A result then lands on the moment and not at the start of a long file.
The problems specific to Hindi news
Anchors move between Hindi and English inside one sentence. The same idea can be said with Urdu-origin or Sanskritised words. Names and places are spelled differently across scripts. A single bulletin can carry regional languages too.
Questions to ask a vendor
- Which Indian languages are covered, listed by name?
- How is mixed Hindi-English speech handled?
- Will you run it on a sample of our own bulletins before we decide?
- Can a query in Hindi find a clip spoken in another language?
- Does it work on archives held on tape or in a MAM?
From result to broadcast
Each answer carries the title and timestamp, so a producer can open the exact moment, cut it, or build a compilation that traces back to its source bulletin.
Where Deepgrip fits
Deepgrip covers 23 Indian languages and English, including mixed-language speech, and indexes footage where it is held: NAS, LTO tape archives and MAM systems. It runs on Deepgrip cloud or on your own premises.
Book a demo with a sample of your archive. If it fits, we scope a paid 14-day proof of concept against success criteria agreed on day one.