“EmoWatch, from Tokyo-based Smartmedical, is an app for the Apple Watch that identifies and tracks users’ emotions through their voice,” Amanda Connolly reports for TNW. “Vocal emotion-recognition isn’t new but the company claims it’s the first time that it is being done through the Apple Watch.”
“The technology it uses is called Empath and it works by analyzing things like the pitch, volume and speed of people’s voices,” Connolly reports. “Through that information, the app can judge a person’s energy levels and depicts whether they are feeling one of four emotions – anger, calmness, joy or sorrow.”
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EmoWatch [US$0.99] offers “a conduit to the Apple Watch, and showing a read-out (in the form of a graph) of your moods throughout the day. And literally nothing else,” Haje Jan Kamps reports for TechCrunch. “If you don’t have an Apple Watch, you’ll be mightily confused, because the iPhone app doesn’t give you the slightest hint about what you’re meant to do.”
“Extreme minimalism didn’t stop me from being absolutely fascinated, however,” Jan Kamps reports. “Of course, Empath isn’t the only horse in this game; Good Vibrations and Beyond Verbal offer similar functionality, but as far as I can tell, neither offer the same real-time feedback loop as the Empath API.”
“On the topic of accuracy — I wasn’t able to test in depth how well the mood analyzing tech actually works, but it generally appears to be roughly in the right ballpark: I felt mildly stressed earlier today, and the app picked up that I was less than chipper,” Jan Kamps reports. “As I’m writing this, I have a bottle of Grapefruit Sculpin, I’m relaxed, listening to some music and writing. And once I hit “publish” on this article, it’s the weekend. No wonder the app reports I’m hunky-dory.”
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MacDailyNews Take: After a bit of brief testing, this thing is more than just a mere mood ring, it actually seems to work!
My Apple Watch is so slow these days I rarely talk to it anymore. Bad moods…
Maybe it’s trying to compensate for your retardation.
HEY! You’re not Dr. Phil! He’d say:
‘Maybe it’s trying to compensate for your mental challenges.” 😉
I stand corrected.
Sounds like this app might be handy for checking your tone after the cop pulls you over and before he comes to your window.
Oh great. You just know some marketing moron is going to take advantage of emotional tracking and apply it to customer abuse.
So now, we not only have to wear our Groucho disguise at the store. We have to disguise our voice by sounding like Margaret Dumont (very proper speaking sidekick and straight woman to the Marx Brothers). This is going to be fun Fun FUN! 😛
Apparently, Apple Watch can discern your mood but cannot offer any suggestion or advice how to improve it. This is similar to Apple Watch monitoring your vital signs but providing no help in preserving your life. Apple Watch…it observes your sad and pathetic existence and offers no relief. Thanks for nothing, Apple Watch.
I fart in your general direct!!!
Mdn.. maybe you shouldn’t have jumbed on the wagon of Promoting this app.
Or Maybe I Am Missing Something .
Bought and deleted .
Look out for your reputation … My 2 cents
MDN it’s stupid