Dog Speech: The Final Frontier
Salutations to you, the Loyal Advocates of Piper reading this post! Orno Crum here, signing onto the Piper blog once again to deposit another thrilling insight into the force behind the future of pet technology. At Piper, we are always addressing the boundaries of what's possible, and our latest venture has been our most ambitious yet. So I was having a conversation with my friend Bill, a man known for his firm grasp upon his sphere of influence. Over a rare blend of imported coffee, Bill posed the following: "With these recent technologies you have been developing regarding animal communication, what if our dogs could also talk with us?" Internally, I was kicking myself for not thinking of the angle myself. But not wanting to come off as negative, I smoothly replied, "Oh yeah, that's been on our radar for a while now." The next day, the work began.
Now due to bureaucratic regulations requiring approval, I couldn't immediately use our resident testing dogs for this process. Intrigued by the challenge and the potential, I decided to supersede these challenges in interest of a groundbreaking experiment, by volunteering my very own new puppy, Beans Jr. And so Beans Jr. became our pioneering subject. The science behind the experiment focused on the manual control of canine vocal cords and the possibility of manipulating the vibrations they produce through the P7's control. Dogs can make sounds, but their anatomy limits them to barks and whines. We aimed to harness these capabilities to produce human-like speech through the manual location of each muscle involved to twitch together at particular angles through an inverted harmonic chord of different frequencies employing the use of multiple P7s simultaneously, to reproduce the shapes made during human speech. Only using the self-correction native P7 software, were we able to realize this intention of specific vocal cord movements.
Now, sound waves are generated through the vibrations of particles. Polarity is a defining characteristic of these waves: a positive polarity indicates an increase in sound pressure during the compression phase, while a negative polarity indicates a decrease in sound pressure. The manipulation of muscles to shape the airflow ultimately leads to the creation of speech. Moreover, the inversion of polarity at the addressed target of the P7 further influences the propagation and reception of these sound waves, enhancing the clarity and precision of the conveyed speech.
Training Beans Jr. was both a meticulous and fascinating process. Using positive reinforcement and the P7, we started with simple words like "hello" and "no." The trail was filled with small victories and challenges, as Beans Jr. experimented with different syllables. Failure. Failure. Failure. It could not work. It was not possible. And yet, we persist. In the night, after hours of testing- his throat beckons a hearty "HEWWO".
Now this progress was just the beginning. We wanted Beans Jr. to learn to "speak his very own thoughts" which could revolutionize pet communication and deepen the bond between owners and pets. What an exciting glimpse into a future where our pets can express more than just a bark or a whine.
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This post is dedicated to Beans Jr., our first canine communicator and a symbol of the incredible possibilities that lie ahead.