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Jerk-O-Meter to Meter Jerks

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the listen-up dept.

prostoalex writes "The Jerk-o-Meter from MIT will analyze voice patterns of phone conversations and display a relative value of jerkiness factor on the scale of 0 to 100. For now, the Jerk-O-Meter is set up to monitor the user's end of the conversation. If his attention is straying, a message pops up on the phone that warns, 'Don't be a jerk!' or 'Be a little nicer now.' A score closer to 100 percent would prompt, 'Wow, you're a smooth talker.'"

2 of 235 comments (clear)

  1. Link to the actual project site by fungai · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://groupmedia.media.mit.edu/jk.php

  2. Re:Calling home by Khuffie · · Score: 3, Informative

    Or, and stay with me here, you can switch the language to UK English? In Office its Tools --> Language --> Set Language. Hit default on UK Englisk, and voila! That's been there since as long as I can remember.