Tobu: The Distributed Audio-Visual Indexing Framework

Tobu is a local-first, distributed system designed to bridge the accessibility gap between unstructured media and searchable knowledge. It functions as a specialized "Google Search" for spoken content, turning hours of silent video and audio into a live, interactive database.

• All inference and indexing occur on your local hardware. No audio data, metadata, or search queries ever leave the user's environment.

In the FOSS ecosystem, we have millions of hours of valuable spoken knowledge trapped in "dumb" video formats. Tobu liberates this data, making it as easy to navigate as a text document. Whether you are a student searching for a specific lecture point or a journalist auditing hours of footage, Tobu provides the "leap" you need to find the truth instantly.