Chinese startup ‘PettiChat’ claims it can interpret pets' speech with up to 95% accuracy
Today, and actually yesterday, the X platform started spreading the news that a Chinese startup is coming up with a revolutionary solution – we will be able to understand animals.
"A Chinese startup has developed an AI collar that translates barks and meows into complete sentences.
95% accuracy. Cost: $118. 10,000 people have already pre-ordered it. It uses microphones, motion sensors, and AI to analyse body language and vocalisations."
At the moment, we can only hope, but there is a lot of scepticism around it.
If you had the chance, would you buy it?
What would be the first thing you would like to know from your pet?
(I think that's a bold statement, because every animal has a different communication system)
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@daniel_nwankwo I already know what she wants and do not need any tool for that. Just give her that damn nut :D
Very intriguing! Just to be sure I understand: does the 95% accuracy refer to emotion detection like "hunger/anger/joy," or to translating into full sentences?
Have you published a study or dataset to verify this? It would help understand the methodology.
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@olivier_jury I didn't study it, honestly, but Konrad found some resources: https://www.producthunt.com/p/general/chinese-startup-pettichat-claims-it-can-interpret-pets-speech-with-up-to-95-accuracy?comment=5398520
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Interesting...
They also have website with videos https://pettichat.com/
Successful Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pettichat/pettichat-real-time-pet-translator
Forbes article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/marksparrow/2026/04/14/can-the-power-of-ai-help-you-to-chat-with-your-cat/
I think at a basic level, translating "emotional" language, it may work.
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@konrad_sx I am pretty curious how this will work (if it will work) :D
What are the chances that the app would "translate" properly? :DDD
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@sk_uxpin Even those for humans are not correct :D
@busmark_w_nika why am I not surprised :D
Damn my dog is gonna spill all of my secrets to my wife now!
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@daddygator123 Any cheatings? :D
@busmark_w_nika naah mostly bitching :D
The skepticism makes sense, but I'm more curious about what 95% accuracy even means here. Accurate against what baseline? Human interpretations of pet behavior? Because we're not exactly reliable narrators either. Would still buy it for my dog, just to see if frustrated bark at 6 am finally gets labeled correctly.
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@arun_tamang :D we know what they want (just eat, pet them, and go for a walk) :D
@arun_tamang see how animals are trained to used the push buttons - it's likely an extension of this, conceptually
Finally we can talk to cats & pigeons :DDD
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@rickyguo My life has meaning finally :D
Haha I don't believe it, and I'm not sure I want to believe it. Do we really want to know what our pets are saying? Cute dogs and cats already guilt-trip us enough!
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@you_x_you_i In that case, i would like to know what every animal says (to make their voices equal).
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I've heard of this and my instant reaction was 'which animal said it was 95% accurate', how do they claim this accuracy? As someone with a cart and a dog, I'm intrigued but also very skeptical.
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@mark_nosho it is like that... how can we test whether they are right :D