Good question! Sanchez says that one of the most common requests he's received since Meowtalk launched is when he'd be putting out a doggy-equivalent, but sadly, he's sorry to say that those of us who own canine companions will remain disappointed - although, for good reason! And we're releasing an initial version of our Cat Health and Wellness features in June which will allow pet owners to track their cat's health." Why isn't there a BarkTalk app for dogs? Longer term Sanchez is already working on the future of cat translation and monitoring: "My vision has always been for a collar that translates a cat's meows to speech. We're working fast and hard to make a viable collar device with hardware beta testing starting this quarter. We'll be adding support for Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Thai and Indonesian next week. Every device that's logged in with the same MeowTalk account will get an alert to the recorded meow in real time." Meowroom mode, smart collars and health trackingīut it's not just added meanings a new Meowroom mode will soon turn the app into a smart speaker for cats. As Sanchez explains, "If you have a spare tablet or old phone, you can plug it into the wall and put MeowTalk on it in MeowRoom mode and it will translate (with Meow-to-Speech) each meow your cat makes in the room. With MeowRoom mode, Meowtalk continuously listens for your cat's meow whenever it happens and instantly sends you the translation, so you never miss any of your beloved cat meows,” Sanchez explains. “MeowRoom saves our users the trouble of manually having to turn on the Meowtalk listening feature on their primary phone to catch and translate a meow. Not only has the app got more sophisticated in the meow's it's able to recognize and translate, but in July 2021 the crew at Meowtalk also launched MeowRoom, a listening feature on your phone that continually picks up your cat's meows without you having to do anything. In the more than 12 months since Meowtalk has been out there in the world, Sanchez and his team haven't been resting on their laurels. Javier Sanchez, a former Amazon engineer developed meowtalk (Image credit: Meowtalk) The future for MeowTalk If nothing else, that's reason enough for us to give Meowtalk a thumbs up. We get emails like that often," explains Sanchez. "The most moving emails we have received are from users who have had a cat pass unexpectedly and that because of the app they have a record of their cat's voice that they can play back. Plus, it's also a wonderful way of preserving the relationship you share with your moggy by giving you life long recordings of them that you can listen to whenever you need to hear their voice. Many people have told us that they cried when their cat said "I love you" or "Mommy" for the first time."Įven if it's not completely accurate, there's no denying that Meowtalk is a lot of fun and if it helps pet parents bond more deeply with their feline friends, then we're all for it. Other users who have a strong bond with their cat love being able to play back the recordings of their cat. Sanchez tells us his app has helped owners to get closer to their four-legged friends: "People who train the app to learn their cat's unique vocabulary are blown away. Whether you agree or not, it’s a fun app, and it does have its uses. ![]() See if you agree with the translation Meowtalk provided: Here’s an example of one of the sounds we captured from Pirate which the app suggested meant ‘I’m in love’. Thankfully, the crew at Meowtalk have since fixed this potential problem by building a database of over 40 million cat sounds from other users, making the app far more accurate. ![]() Up until recently, that meant that you were adding your own definition of what you think the sounds mean to the app, which could have been skewing the results a lot. Once you’ve trained the app it gets better at matching the sounds to previously vetted examples. They include likely meanings such as ‘Feed me!’, ‘Let me out’, I’m in pain’ and ‘Hello’, but the default translation, at least in our experience, is the rather pleasing ‘I’m in love’. There are 14 translation suggestions to choose from (as well as ‘Unknown’ and ‘Other’). ![]() Best cat toys: Keep your feline friend occupied with these great toys.The best wet cat food: From daily dishes to tasty treats.The best dry cat foods: Which cat kibble comes out top?.Best microchip cat flap: Keep out unwanted feline guests.My cat loves me! A translation of what Pirate the cat was saying from cat translation app Meowtalk (Image credit: Jamie Middleton)
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