Hungarian scientists are working on computer software analyzing dog barks that could allow people to better recognize dogs' basic emotions, Hungarian ethologist Csaba Molnar says.
Molnar and his colleagues at Budapest's ELTE University say they have tested software which distinguishes the emotional reaction of 14 dogs of the Hungarian Mudi herding breed to six situations: When the dog is alone, when it sees a ball, it fights, it plays, it encounters a stranger or it goes for a walk.
'A possible commercial application could be a device for dog-human communication,' the scientist told Reuters.
I think I can help them with this. I must go to Hungary. After months of study, I have cracked Little Edie's code of bark situations. She only has three: Feed me, play with me, love me.
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