"Cry Translator" App Translates Babies' Screams

[Paul Daniel Ash]

I don't have any way of testing this myself, but it's not April 1 so I'm going to assume it's legit.

Wired Gadget Lab today put up a feature on Biloop Technologic's "Cry Translator" app, which supposedly listens to the pitch, volume, tone and inflection of a child's cries and analyzes it to determine if the child is in one of five states: hungry, sleepy, stressed, annoyed or bored.

The app seems ready-made for ridicule (really? you need "an app for that?" really? consider a dog instead), though Wired makes a reasonable point: the app is of value to both new parents and caregivers - like babysitters - who haven't had experience in interpreting the cries of an infant.

The developer, Biloop Technologic, claims that clinical tests have proven the app to be accurate 96% of the time. A spokesperson, Lori McKnight, said that the sounds a baby makes are innate to the human, and thus transcend the parents' nationality or language.

There are five distinct cries that have common frequency patterns, regardless of culture or language. A mother learns these over time, but this can help speed up the learning curve, and also help dads and caregivers.

The app is available on iTunes for $29.99 and I would love to hear if anyone with kid-access and $30 to spare (two conditions which seldom both obtain simultaneously) has any experience with this.

image via Wired

[Myque]

It remembers me the Simpsons episode where Homer brother do something like this.

[cssoz]

this would be so damn awesome lol

[spazturtle]

Bull crap that's not going to work

[havoc0351]

It remembers me the Simpsons episode where Homer brother do something like this.

What?!?! LMAO, what are you trying to tell us?

Anyway, I won't be able to give a review until next year and I'm sure by then we'll know if this app is legit or not...

[petterloco1]

This would be cool

[kvizzel]

Would be awesome, but we all know it's total BS.

[Broomhead]

iTunes has it for $9.99

[dra_uk]

It remembers me the Simpsons episode where Homer brother do something like this.

Hands down, the best quote ever from the Simpsons comes from that episode:

"This leash demeans us both."

[fleurya]

Well if no other South Park fan is going to say it, then I will:

"Simpsons did it!!!"

[cranie]

This is no different than the Bow-lingual that came out a few years ago:

[xgus69]

lmao.... imagine that.. how about they also make a dog barker translator and a cat purrer lol..

[z28kid]

lmao.... imagine that.. how about they also make a dog barker translator and a cat purrer lol..

lol, Are people too lazy to learn what a babies cry means? Is that not part of becoming a new parent?

I find that pretty funny regarding the cat purrer and dog barker translators. When a dog barks it means two things. Stranger or Ball. lol

[Ticko]

all the above inventions are new to me...would like to test them all...maybe i can con my new-parent friends into letting me test this on their baby.

[rhekt]

yeah right wahhh wahhh wah not wahhhhhhh hhuuuw wahhh means im hungry. waste of space.

[jaxon1023]

This is no different than the Bow-lingual that came out a few years ago:

SQUIRELL!! LMAO

[CaptainChaos]

What kills me is the thousands of people that are going to download this.

[bbillh77]

this would be popular if it was free

[ima80baby]

lol, Are people too lazy to learn what a babies cry means? Is that not part of becoming a new parent?

I find that pretty funny regarding the cat purrer and dog barker translators. When a dog barks it means two things. Stranger or Ball. lol

It has nothing to do with being lazy. Having a baby can be extremely stressful and this app would make it easier on a lot of parents. Maybe you haven't been woken up at 3am by crying.

[tudtran]

For $30, That's app better work.