Can you believe it? I couldn’t at first. Now we are getting ever so close to the age of the Jetsons! I tested it out for myself. I tried listening to a wide variety of shows to try and stump the software but all attempts failed. It event detected when I was trying to listen to a commercial. The only thing that stumped IntoNow was a local news broadcast. The app also can not detect movies that have not been broadcasted on TV yet. I tried testing it with Paranormal Activity 2 and it could not detect it.

So what is magic juice for IntoNow? The software uses their own patented indexing technology called soundprint. They can identify what’s being watched down to the invidual episode.  They have an index that covers 140 million minutes of previously aired shows, equivalent to 266 years of video! I have played with the app a couple of times now and the transitions between screens is super smooth. The is also able to find shows within a few seconds which is impressive. Once its found a show, all you have to click is share, post a comment if you want, and click done. The one feature that is lacking that Miso and GetGlue both have is a gaming system. Miso and GetGlue awards you points and badges based on the number of times you checkin to a type of show or some other criteria. I do not see that as an option with IntoNow. They could add it later.

I love the app so far and I’m gonna try playing around with it some more but right now its my goto app for TV Checkins. More screenshots below showcasing more of the features.

FontCapture is a beta website where you can create your very own font in your handwriting. Its super easy to do. The site gives you a PDF Template which has a grid outlining each letter of the alphabet, numbers, and special characters. You simply print this template out and fill in each square in your own handwriting. Be sure to follow the instructions on the site on the best way to fill out the form. There are little tick marks showing the tops of capital letters and descender tick marks for those letters that go below the baseline like “g” and “p.” Make sure and sure and use a thin black marker or sharpie as suggested.

You then scan the template, upload it to the site, name your font, and install the resulting font onto your PC or Mac. Presto! your own personalized font. Below is a sample of the font I created from my own handwriting.

Here is my finished template for reference and resulting font.

Have fun creating your own font and just think of this as another way to make a custom font that is not necessarily your handwriting. You could make the next windings or Helvetica. You could make your font out of boxes or animals.  Share your creations in the comments if you like.

Working for a software company, I see our software move through the development cycle and we would not release Alpha software for any kind of public consumption. Alpha releases are purely for our testers to test the software in-house. Only after much testing do we give software out to beta customers.