Cats have different ways of communicating, whether through meowing, purring, snorting or even body language. Among felines this can change a little, where they also interact by smell or growling.
Each expression has a different meaning that is always accompanied by body language. The ears, tail and eyes are pillars of cat communication.
Now we will talk about meowing, which turns out to be a way of communicating with humans and between felines. This sound can have different meanings, from attention, hunger, sadness or as a form of greeting.
Feline owners can generally detect their pet’s meows or intentions, but in some situations it is more difficult to interpret what they want. To solve this enigma, the MeowTalk application was created.
The creator is the engineer of the famous Amazon Alexa smart speaker, Javier Sánchez. He sought to be able to translate or interpret what the cats want to say through his meowing, since they do not have a language.
With the new app, you will be able to interpret what your cat wants to communicate.
MeowTalk is available for all Android or iOS devices. It was launched in 2020 and has more than 17 million downloads in Japan alone.
MeowTalk, the application that translates cats’ meows.
Each cat’s meows are different, as some are more vocal than others and adapt according to their owners. But this application works with the help of the owners of each feline, since they must record the sounds and catalog them among the eleven options offered by the application.
Once this database is created with the meows and the category to which they correspond, the application can detect the difference between them. Not only that, but it has a feature where it can detect the sound and send a message to the owner with automatic translation.
The app uses artificial intelligence and machine learning. What MeowTalk seeks is to be able to create a collar that can automatically translate the sound your cat makes into a human voice.
The application has a free version that has the translation of three types of meows; If you want to have all types of sounds possible, you must pay 2.75 euros per month. This paid version has the ability to turn your phone into a smart speaker.
Cats generally do not obey their owners’ commands and have a greater vocal range than dogs. The app’s creator explained: “Cats don’t care what you say. They may understand you, but they certainly don’t indicate that they do and they clearly have their own vocabulary.”
“The joke I tell people is that dogs can understand human language, but they don’t speak it,” he explained to NBC.
