<s>
Macroglossa	O
was	O
a	O
visual	B-General_Concept
search	I-General_Concept
engine	I-General_Concept
based	O
on	O
the	O
comparison	O
of	O
images	O
,	O
coming	O
from	O
an	O
Italian	O
Group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Macroglossa	O
compares	O
images	O
to	O
return	O
search	B-Application
results	I-Application
based	O
on	O
specific	O
search	O
categories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
engine	O
does	O
not	O
use	O
technologies	O
and	O
solutions	O
such	O
as	O
OCR	B-Application
,	O
tags	B-General_Concept
,	O
vocabulary	O
trees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
technology	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
pull	O
results	O
from	O
collections	O
of	O
visual	B-General_Concept
content	O
without	O
using	O
tags	B-General_Concept
for	O
search	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Macroglossa	O
supports	O
all	O
popular	O
image	O
extensions	O
such	O
jpeg	O
,	O
png	O
,	O
bmp	B-Device
,	O
gif	O
and	O
video	O
formats	O
such	O
avi	O
,	O
mov	B-Application
,	O
mp4	O
,	O
m4v	B-Application
,	O
3gp	O
,	O
wmv	B-Device
,	O
mpeg	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Macroglossa	O
enters	O
beta	O
stage	O
in	O
September	O
2011	O
and	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
open	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
the	O
opportunity	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
developed	O
interfaces	B-Application
(	O
Api	B-General_Concept
for	O
web	O
and	O
mobile	O
applications	O
)	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
expand	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
engine	O
in	O
the	O
B2B	O
and	O
B2C	O
fields	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Macroglossa	O
becomes	O
a	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
API	B-General_Concept
are	O
distributed	O
on	O
three	O
levels	O
:	O
free	O
,	O
basic	O
,	O
and	O
premium	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
free	O
API	B-General_Concept
has	O
limited	O
use	O
,	O
but	O
basic	O
and	O
premium	O
do	O
not	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
premium	O
API	B-General_Concept
also	O
offers	O
custom	O
services	O
allowing	O
customers	O
to	O
extend	O
and	O
mold	O
the	O
features	O
offered	O
by	O
computer	O
vision	O
.	O
</s>
