Baby crying? Your iPhone can help!

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Even the most attentive parents often fail to find out why their baby is crying but now a newly launched iPhone program, developed by pediatricians, will make their task easy by interpreting infants' wails and howls.

The Spanish researchers led by Dr Antonio Portugal Ramirez have invented an iPhone application called the Cry Translator, which they claim is 96 per cent accurate in interpreting cries of distress from babies.

Ramirez's team developed the project after finding that babies' wails could be broken down into five separate categories.

They said that infants have five distinct universal yells - regardless of language - indicating whether the tot is hungry, annoyed, tired, stressed or bored, The Sun reported. The program that costs 17.99 pounds, uses the iPhone's microphone to receive the sound, analyses it, and displays the information about what the baby's cries mean on screen.

However, parenting experts said they feared the technology on the phone could discourage mothers from relying on their instinct and experience. "Learning to interpret cries is part of the bonding process and forms the foundation for good communication," they said.

[Elvis_Christ]

[Despare]

I just record the cry and play it back at full volume until they stop.

[ferretchucker]

Might work but most parents do fine without it.

[fortunato]

Originally Posted by Elvis_Christ

Haha, yes! This is exactly what I thought of when I heard this.

They actually did a little story on this thing on NPR, and tested it on one of the reporter's babies. It got 5 out of 5 wrong. :eek:

[thebeyond105]

semi off topic but not really.
i can't fuckign stand it when kids cry in movie theatres.
i feel like kicking the parents ass, it's like WTF!!! it's a horror movie also, what the fuck do you expect you terrible mother!