An Australian computer scientist says that the next generation of search engines will be able to retrieve music for you when you sing a song to your computer. She said that ‘in the next three or four years it should be on the computer of everyone who is a music fanatic.’ There are still problems to solve, such as the diversity of music genres and ‘the effect interference from things such as sound quality and environmental noise have on the ability of the program to detect notes.’ And she knows what she’s talking about: she’s also an accomplished musician who is publishing her second album.

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