System and method for searching content using acoustic characteristics

A method, comprising:

• analyzing a plurality of content for at least one of a language characteristic or a non-word symbol within a text of the plurality of content, and an acoustic characteristic, wherein the acoustic characteristic is at least one of a stress of words, an aggregated stress of a plurality of words, an emphasis, an agitation, a tempo, a change in tempo, an amount of silence, a silence between words, a gain in volume or energy of the words, a tone, an overtalk, a time lag between words or symbols, a time dependency between key words or phrases, an inter-word timing, an inter-word sequencing, an inter-word distance, an inflexion of words, or a temporal pattern, wherein the language characteristic is at least one of a phoneme, a word, a phrase, a sentiment, a score, a text, an alternative text, a placeholder word used in redaction, a language pattern, or a confidence in word match, and wherein the language pattern is at least one of:
• an order of occurrence of portions of the text, an order of occurrence of portions of the text within a time frame, a Boolean relationship of portions of the text, a specific location in the plurality of content, or a proximity of a topic;
• filtering the plurality of content by a metadata;
• determining at least one category label to associate with each item of the plurality of content using at least one of the language characteristic or the non-word symbol, and the acoustic characteristic;
• searching the plurality of content using a search string comprising at least one of a category label, a language characteristic, or a non-word symbol, and an acoustic characteristic;
• and
• presenting a subset of the plurality of content ranked according to a match with the search string.

A method, comprising:

• analyzing a plurality of content for at least one of a language characteristic or a non-word symbol within a text of the plurality of content, and an acoustic characteristic, wherein the acoustic characteristic is at least one of a stress of words, an aggregated stress of a plurality of words, an emphasis, an agitation, a tempo, a change in tempo, an amount of silence, a silence between words, a gain in volume or energy of the words, a tone, an overtalk, a time lag between words or symbols, a time dependency between key words or phrases, an inter-word timing, an inter-word sequencing, an inter-word distance, an inflexion of words, or a temporal pattern, wherein the language characteristic is at least one of a phoneme, a word, a phrase, a sentiment, a score, a text, an alternative text, a placeholder word used in redaction, a language pattern, or a confidence in word match, and wherein the language pattern is at least one of:
• an order of occurrence of portions of the text, an order of occurrence of portions of the text within a time frame, a Boolean relationship of portions of the text, a specific location in the plurality of content, or a proximity of a topic;
• filtering the plurality of content by a metadata;
• searching the plurality of content using a search string comprising at least one of a language characteristic, or a non-word symbol, and an acoustic characteristic;
• and
• presenting a subset of the plurality of content ranked according to a match with the search string.