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by sa46 696 days ago
Interestingly, there is an app, Chatterbaby [1], that claims to detect why a baby is crying based on the acoustic features of the cry. I've used it with middling success.

That'd be a neat integration: "Alexa, why is my baby crying?"

[1]: https://www.chatterbaby.org/pages/

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41390-019-0592-4

2 comments

Your baby is crying over the intrusion of big tech into their private life before they even have object permanence.
"Your baby is crying because it doesn't like the brand of formula you purchase. We recommend Amazon Basics!"
"We recommend you try UBQTLONR this time!"
Now with extra melamine!
"Your baby is crying because you often raise your voice and make unreasonable demands of those around you. Would you like to add insurance for a lifetime of psychiatric help to your cart?"
This sounds like a joke but Amazon made a device specifically to listen to people talk all day and tell them how they sound to others. It is called Halo.