Google is the answer for the open text web. The spoken web — what people say in videos and podcasts — is largely invisible to it.
| Google Search | veridive | |
|---|---|---|
| Best at | Web pages, articles, text | Video & audio (the spoken web) |
| Reads inside videos | Barely | To the second |
| Returns | Links | Cited answers + the exact moment |
| Timestamped citations | No | Yes |
Why Google struggles with spoken knowledge
Google indexes text and surfaces links. It doesn't systematically transcribe, reason over and cite the inside of hours-long videos. So for "what did X actually say about Y," you get a page of links, not an answer.
How veridive solves it
veridive treats the spoken web as a first-class corpus: it reads what's said and answers with to-the-second citations. Use Google for the text web; use veridive for the spoken web.