The Idiap Research Institute (acknowledgement to Alexandre Nanchen) has recently developed a technology to localize, detect and recognize text in videos based on Optical Character Recognition. A project has been conducted on Canal9 local Swiss video channel. An application helps to make a search online based on the discussed topic or speaker name. Klewel provides the associated service.
Article paru dans Le Nouvelliste, le 22 Dec 2009
Radio RSR, 28 Dec 2009, Emission 12h30
http://www.rsr.ch/la-1ere/les-emissions
Une société suisse développe un moteur de recherche audiovisuel
Il est désormais possible de retrouver sur Internet l’intervention orale d’un député au Grand Conseil valaisan. La société Klewel, basée à Martigny et spécialisée dans l’intelligence artificielle, a développé un moteur de recherche qui ressemble à un “Google audiovisuel”. Interview de Maël Guillemot, gérant et cofondateur de Klewel.
Click here to experience the online demo
http://www.klewel.ch/newsletters/Klewel_Newsletter_Winter_2009_fr.pdf 
« Spin-off of the IDIAP Research Institute in Martigny (Switzerland), Klewel is part of the twenty start-up selected by the the «Venture Leaders» award, an initiative from the Agency for innovation CTI (
Maël Guillemot is based in Switzerland, born in Britanny, France. He is Co-Founder & CEO of