Fail: IPhone App dosen't Interpret A Baby's Cry
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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120470639
To many of us, the sound of a baby crying can be loud and mystifying. But for that baby's parents, the cry also means "I'm hungry," or "I'm sleepy," or "Please, get out of bed and change my diaper." Now, the makers of a new iPhone application called Cry Translator, which sells for $9.99, say that it too can interpret subtle differences in a baby's cries.New mom Melissa Gray, a producer at All Things Considered, tested the app on her son, Thomas. She placed a microphone with him and watched from down the hall.
When he cried, the app said Thomas was hungry. But Gray tells NPR's Melissa Block that her baby was saying, "Where are you? I'm lonely. Get in here now."
The app also offers several suggestions to sate the baby's hunger: Offer the infant a bottle, or try breast-feeding. It also said that a parent can offer age-appropriate baby food if recommended by a pediatrician or a family doctor.
"I wouldn't have known," Gray quips.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120470639
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MewDad10
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"placed a microphone with him"?!. "Watched from down the hall"?!!. Where was the iPhone?. Doesn't the iPhone has to be closer than 2 feet from the baby?. Funny way to test it!. "Very professionals". It is not strange to get these results, remember the old "garbage in garbage out"?.
I would like to know the results when they use the app as the developer says it has to be used. Meanwhile this is really a bad joke. - 4 days ago
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MewDad10
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sophosthegreat
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Didn't they make something like this on the Simpsons?
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sophosthegreat
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atomiclegion
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sophosthegreat:
Yep, that was back when The Simpsons was good.
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atomiclegion
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spanky07
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if they came out with a commercial that said "if you rub feces on your face you'll be beautiful" alot of people would do it!!!
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spanky07
