Qwiki: Much bigger than 'search with a voice'

Qwiki
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presents information to users in "narrative" form using web-based text, videos, and photos.
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The tool does creates a short presentation where a somewhat natural-sounding computerized female voice "reads" information from the Web - such as a few paragraphs from a Wikipedia entry - and overlays it with photos and videos referring to the term.
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Qwiki, the "information experience" platform whose first product will be a web-based reference tool with about 3 million terms, is moving "to the next level" with funding from some high profile investors.
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It announced Friday that it had received $8 million from various investors including Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin and YouTube co-founder Jawed-Karim
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