Giving smartphones emotional intelligence
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The MATLAB GUI prototype
The MATLAB GUI prototype
The app analyzes twelve features of speech such as pitch and volume and uses this to identify one of six emotional states (Photo: Shutterstock)
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It would be great if smartphones could sense moods – especially when they've dropped a call three times in five minutes. Engineers at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York have developed a prototype app that provides phones with a form of emotional intelligence that could have wide applications in phones and beyond.
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