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"Cell phones can do X" is so link-baity. This is really "microphones + signal analysis can hear depression in people's voices."
Next: Software that alters the mood of your voice as you speak.
google likely already know from your searches for Greek real estate and Ferrari cars. I'm sure search history analysis can reveal depression just as effectively.
"Cell phones can do X" is so link-baity. This is really "microphones + signal analysis can hear depression in people's voices."
It's linkbait b/c it's not as certain as the title says.
TFA says, emphasis mine:
features like pitch, loudness, and tempo that may predict a mood swing in the near future, before any recognizable change in mood emerges. For example, a single feature, like loudness, may flag a person on the path to mania or depression once it crosses some threshold. Or telltale signs could come from a combination of these features, or the way they change over a few days. The project was funded in 2013 by the National Institute of Mental Health, so it’s still in its early days. Though they don’t yet know what will make the best predictors,
I totally need this...having suffered from several manic episodes that usually ramp up over a period of a month or two before I become straight up psychotic, completely lost. It would change my life to be able to check in with my psychiatrist after several alerts, rather than when I get to the point that I need to be admitted. its also not the type of message that friends and family like to give.
Someone please make an app that makes psychiatric analysis based on voice! I can think of a million uses, from tracking my own mood to secretly diagnosing my co-workers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/17/opinion/sunday/how-depress...