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Fleshdancer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 12:56 PM
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Scientists develop computer that can 'translate' a dog's bark
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 Eötvös Loránd University in Hungary led by Csaba Molnár, discovered that a computer could recognise whether a dog was in a stranger, fight, walk, alone, ball or play scenario.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=508550&in_page_id=1811

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Johonny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 12:58 PM
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1. bark
translation: I hate Vick!
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iconoclastic cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 12:59 PM
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2. And yet, we can't seem to get voting machines working. nt
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bbernardini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 01:02 PM
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3. "FEED ME FEED ME FEED ME FEED ME FEED ME FEED ME FEED ME"
Who needs a machine? :)
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ret5hd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 01:03 PM
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4. sorry, but Gary Larson figured this out long ago:
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 01:04 PM
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5. Meanwhile, no one tries to interpret a cat's mews
could it be because cats communicate with their owners telepathically?
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 01:11 PM
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8. Cats communicate by writing hash marks on your forearms (nt)
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China_cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 01:12 PM
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10. Actually, they use their tails for their language.
Their mouths may say one thing but you better check the other end for confirmation.
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Desertrose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 01:19 PM
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13. Like the old saying..."The truth is in the tail".
:)
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 01:29 PM
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19. Thanks for this
I didn't realize that. Lucky, my kitty, cocks her ears back when she is mad, but I haven't paid enough attention to her tail. She's spooky, though; I can communicate with her in complete sentences, such as, "If you want to go outside, mew pretty and I will let you out."
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China_cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 01:10 PM
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6. A decent owner can tell you that without a computer
to translate. A multiple dog owner can even tell you which dog without seeing who's barking.

Oh well, at least it isn't OUR tax dollars at work for a change.
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Arkansas Granny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 01:41 PM
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20. The dog I have now rarely barks about anything. If and when she
does, it is certainly worth investigation. The dog I had before her was another story. I could tell by her bark whether it was an urgent matter or something routine, if she was barking at an animal or a human, whether said animal or human was a stranger or someone she knew, etc. It was really pretty amazing how many different "barks" she had.
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CitizenLeft Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 01:59 PM
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23. so true!
My dogs sleep in my room, 2 of them on my bed, and if they wake me up in the middle of the night, I can tell which one is snoring, which one is howling and which one is whining in their sleep. :P
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damntexdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 02:38 PM
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26. So, do you think these researchers are barking up the wrong tree?
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tinymontgomery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 01:11 PM
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7. I need this thing
my dog stares at the couch and just barks. Haven't figured out what she wants yet.
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mod mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 01:53 PM
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22. Not me, I swear I know exactly what my 2 dogs want everytime (although mostly
it regards food) ;)
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bain_sidhe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 02:28 PM
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24. Reminds me of a cartoon I saw
many years ago... one dog talking to another dog says, "You wanna know how to freak out your human? Stand in front of the closet door and bark at it."
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FreeState Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 02:51 PM
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29. When mine does that its one of two things
he wants on the couch or there is a treat someone on the couch (in the cushions or under the couch). Now if only I could figure out why runs at the sight of my partner trying to give him peanut butter - he use to love the stuff.
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lapfog_1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 01:11 PM
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9. Can't you buy one at Wall mart? Made in China and painted with lead based paints..

oh just kill me now.

I thought Jimmy could not only understand Lassie but could carry on extensive conversations...

"What is it, boy?"

"bark, bark, bark"

"What, Jane is stuck on the railroad overpass! And a train is only a few miles away!"
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Tesha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 01:16 PM
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11. "Don't run -- We arf your friends!" (NT)
Edited on Wed Jan-16-08 01:16 PM by Tesha
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IDemo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 01:18 PM
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12. "You take away from me one of the only things I can enjoy....
...and think you can make it up to me with these??"
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leveymg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 01:22 PM
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14. Unfortunately, it only work for dogs who speak Magyar
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global1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 01:24 PM
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15. Now We Can Truely Find Out If A Dogs Bark Is Worse Than Its Bite.....nt
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Fleshdancer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 01:50 PM
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21. I would be devastated to find out they were judging us harshly
judging our clothes, telling us our breath stinks, blaming us for their farts...maybe we shouldn't find out what they're barking about after all.
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Mutineer Donating Member (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 01:25 PM
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16. Please, if you know your dog
you know what their barks mean without the computer translation. I know the difference between my dog's "Somebody is on our property" bark, his "Hi bud" bark to his doggie buddies and his "come open the door and let me in" bark.
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MadHound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 01:26 PM
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17. Pfft, translating barks is only half, at best, of the problem
Dogs really use extensive body language to communicate. Until they can translate that, there really won't be any meaningful communication.
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 01:28 PM
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18. No specialized software
but I have the speech recognition software.. my connures screeches translates to she, it, feed and china

:-)
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damntexdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 02:36 PM
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25. 14 Hungarian sheepdogs, huh?
Aha, so the translation program is culturally biased. I bet Irish wolfhounds have different things to say, not to mention what Chihuahuas have to add to the discussion.

And I'm pretty sure that my chowski would have something to say in the area of "food." In fact, I can already translate her "feed me" bark.
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EnviroBat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 02:40 PM
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27. Seems like they are missing two of the most commonly used,,,
dog words. "Poop" and 'Squirrel"!
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chaplainM Donating Member (744 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 02:42 PM
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28. "This leash demeans us both."
...according to the dog translator invented by Homer's half-brother, Herb Simpson.
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 02:52 PM
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30. Mine would also say, "Look there's sheep on TV! Wait, why aren't they hiding in the dining room?"
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Done Donating Member (680 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 02:57 PM
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31. Gary Larson's "Far Side" did a cartoon of that.
A guy made such a devise and put it on, but when he walked through the neighborhood, all the dogs were saying, "Hey...Hey...Hey..."
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