dog bark translator
Just great. Now I'll have to put the dog out every time I try to lower my cancer risk.[:D]
Scientists develop computer that can 'translate' a dog's bark
Last updated at 10:37am on 16th January 2008
What would a dog say if it could talk? "Stranger", "fight", "walk", "alone", "ball" and "play", according to scientists who have developed a computer programme to translate dog barks.
The special programme analysed more than 6,000 barks from 14 Hungarian sheepdogs in six different situations.
In a series of tests the team of scientists, from E?tv?s Lor?nd University in Hungary led by Csaba Moln?r, discovered that a computer could recognise whether a dog was in a stranger, fight, walk, alone, ball or play scenario.
Computer can tell what kind of situation a dog is in by how it barks
The barks were tape recorded and then digitized on a computer, which used software to study their differences.
The computer correctly identified the different situations 43 per cent of the time. Although it was not a high success rate it was far better than human recognition, the researchers said.
The computer was most accurate in identifying the "fight" and "stranger" contexts, and was least effective at matching the "play" bark.
The results appear in the journal Animal Cognition, and suggest that dogs have acoustically different barks depending on their emotional state.
The researchers also performed a second test, in which the computer identified individual dogs by their bark.
The software correctly identified the dogs 52 per cent of the time, again much better than the human result, suggesting there are individual differences in barks even though humans are not able to recognize them.
The team also plans to compare the barks of different breeds to discover what they have in common.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=508550&in_page_id=1811
Scientists develop computer that can 'translate' a dog's bark
Last updated at 10:37am on 16th January 2008
What would a dog say if it could talk? "Stranger", "fight", "walk", "alone", "ball" and "play", according to scientists who have developed a computer programme to translate dog barks.
The special programme analysed more than 6,000 barks from 14 Hungarian sheepdogs in six different situations.
In a series of tests the team of scientists, from E?tv?s Lor?nd University in Hungary led by Csaba Moln?r, discovered that a computer could recognise whether a dog was in a stranger, fight, walk, alone, ball or play scenario.
Computer can tell what kind of situation a dog is in by how it barks
The barks were tape recorded and then digitized on a computer, which used software to study their differences.
The computer correctly identified the different situations 43 per cent of the time. Although it was not a high success rate it was far better than human recognition, the researchers said.
The computer was most accurate in identifying the "fight" and "stranger" contexts, and was least effective at matching the "play" bark.
The results appear in the journal Animal Cognition, and suggest that dogs have acoustically different barks depending on their emotional state.
The researchers also performed a second test, in which the computer identified individual dogs by their bark.
The software correctly identified the dogs 52 per cent of the time, again much better than the human result, suggesting there are individual differences in barks even though humans are not able to recognize them.
The team also plans to compare the barks of different breeds to discover what they have in common.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=508550&in_page_id=1811
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Great but how long will it take to teach my dog Hungarian. 0 -
I hooked my dog up to this computer and the translations said "I love to lick my nuts" 0 -
[:D]you beat me to it sheepdip![:D].. that story was begging for that answer.[:D] 0 -
Duh, anyone that has ever owned a dod can tell what their bark means.
I know, hungry, stranger, I want to play, I'm scared, momma is home (that one sounds the same as kids are home), take me with you, it's to freaking cold out here, etc.
Maybe I can get me one of them fancy Hungarian degrees in the mail for $19.95.
DSM0
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