Talpa Search
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About
Talpa Search is a search engine that helps users find books, movies, and music. It uses natural language processing and AI to understand user queries and search for relevant items based on plot details, genres, descriptions, cover colors, and other visual components. It combines data from libraries, publishers, and readers to enable new ways of searching. Talpa is available as a subscription service for libraries, with integration into their existing catalogs and holdings. A limited, free version is available to users who sign in with a Google account, restricted to 50 searches per day. Talpa is also available as an API for booksellers and other book-world companies.
Platform
Task
Features
• combines results from multiple searches
• uses ai to parse ordinary language into traditional searches
• integration with library catalogs
• api access for booksellers and other book-world companies
• search covers using visual components
• search books using natural language
FAQs
How Does Talpa Work?
Talpa combines traditional library and book-industry data with new artificial-intelligence ("AI") technologies. If you're interested in the technical details, we've written a longer section about this.
Is Talpa always right?
No. Talpa is a search engine, not a truth engine. Its goal is to find material that may be relevant to your search, but it nearly always returns results and the results may include both great and less-than-great answers.
How do I report a problem?
If you see inappropriate or incorrect search results, you can give us feedback by using the comment form at the bottom of this page. You can also reach out to us at talpa@librarything.com.
What do the bullseyes mean?
A bullseye marks search results that Talpa is particularly sure about. For example, if you search for "Mark Twain book about Huckleberry Finn," the bullseye highlights the answer it thinks is a really strong match. If your search is more general, you won't see the bullseye.
Can Talpa find things other than books?
Yes! You can use Talpa to search for movies and music. You can also mention what you're looking for in the query, such as "1980s teen movies" or "audiobooks about financial scandals."
Does Talpa train AI on my data?
No. Talpa does not train AI systems on your data.
Pricing Plans
Library Subscription
Unknown Price• Search Books
• Search Covers
• Unlimited searches
• Integration with library catalog and holdings
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