If you think your cat is trying to tell you something, you now might have a way to understand&nbsp;its meows. A former Alexa developer has launched an app that can help the cat parents.

The app called&nbsp;MeowTalk&nbsp;records the sounds of cats and then attempts to identify the meaning of these meows. These meanings will then be fed in a database for the AI software from which the developers can learn.

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As of now, the developers have 13 phrases in its vocabulary such as "Feed me!", "I'm angry!" and "Leave me alone!".

"I think this is especially important now because, with all the social distancing that's happening, you have people that are confined at home with ... a significant other - this feline," said&nbsp;Javier Sanchez,&nbsp;group technical program manager at app developer Akvelon.

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"This will enable them to communicate with their cat, or at least understand their cat's intent, and build a very important connection," he added.

The app is still in the development phase and the developers have advised all users who are "concerned about data retention" to uninstall the app till they are able to meet EU's GDPR privacy law requirements.

The cat behaviourists and developers have all warned the users to not to take the app too seriously as the translations will, reportedly, never be accurate.

As of now, the app has ratings between 4.3-4.5, with mixed reviews.

If you think your cat is trying to tell you something, you now might have a way to understand its meows. A former Alexa developer has launched an app that can help the cat parents.

If you think your cat is trying to tell you something, you now might have a way to understand its meows. A former Alexa developer has launched an app that can help the cat parents. The app called MeowTalk records the sounds of cats and then attempts to identify the meaning of these meows. These meanings will then be fed in a database for the AI software from which the developers can learn. Also read| Tiny traveler: Owl saved from Rockefeller Center Christmas tree in New York As of now, the developers have 13 phrases in its vocabulary such as "Feed me!", "I'm angry!" and "Leave me alone!". "I think this is especially important now because, with all the social distancing that's happening, you have people that are confined at home with ... a significant other - this feline," said Javier Sanchez, group technical program manager at app developer Akvelon. Also read| Training facial recognition on some new furry friends: Bears "This will enable them to communicate with their cat, or at least understand their cat's intent, and build a very important connection," he added. The app is still in the development phase and the developers have advised all users who are "concerned about data retention" to uninstall the app till they are able to meet EU's GDPR privacy law requirements. The cat behaviourists and developers have all warned the users to not to take the app too seriously as the translations will, reportedly, never be accurate. As of now, the app has ratings between 4.3-4.5, with mixed reviews.

'Feed me!': You can now understand your cat through MeowTalk app

As a Syrian migrant arriving in Berlin, Munzer Khattab could barely say a word in German, let alone fill out a pile of forms in the language. So over the past year, Khattab has not only learned German but also worked with five other Syrian refugees or asylum seekers to design a smartphone app to make forms less daunting. 
 
The app, called &#39;Bureaucrazy&#39;, to be launched in January, will translate various forms into Arabic and English for newcomers facing a pile of paperwork ranging from registering with authorities to opening a bank account. It will also provide them with a map with Berlin offices that all newcomers need to navigate and deal with other questions about red tape that can leave asylum seekers in knots. 
 
Khattab, 23, who fled his coastal hometown of Latakia last year to avoid military service in Syria, said the inspiration came as he ploughed through more than a dozen registration forms in German after arriving in Berlin. 
 
&quot;Even when we asked Germans they had problems understanding the forms,&quot; Khattab told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in a telephone interview. 
 
&quot;If the Germans found them unreadable, how could we [migrants] read them?&quot; The app&#39;s name stemmed from Khattab, whose first language is Arabic, being caught out mispronouncing the word &#39;bureaucracy&#39;. &quot;Someone heard it and said &#39;Bureaucrazy? What did you say? That&#39;s a cool name&#39;,&quot; said Khattab. 
 
Khattab and his partners developed the app as part of a program in computer-coding they are taking at ReDI, a Berlin non-profit school with a mission to integrate refugees. It won a local software development contest and later drew praise at the Startup Europe tech conference earlier this year. 
 
The developers believe it will help migrants fleeing violence and poverty, more than a million of which have entered Germany in the past year. 
 
&quot;Everyone has the same problem: they come to Berlin as newcomers from Spain to Italy, and they have the same problems that we had,&quot; Khattab said. 
 
(Reuters)

The app, developed by Khattab, will translate various German forms into Arabic and English for newcomers facing a pile of paperwork

As a Syrian migrant arriving in Berlin, Munzer Khattab could barely say a word in German, let alone fill out a pile of forms in the language. So over the past year, Khattab has not only learned German but also worked with five other Syrian refugees or asylum seekers to design a smartphone app to make forms less daunting. The app, called 'Bureaucrazy', to be launched in January, will translate various forms into Arabic and English for newcomers facing a pile of paperwork ranging from registering with authorities to opening a bank account. It will also provide them with a map with Berlin offices that all newcomers need to navigate and deal with other questions about red tape that can leave asylum seekers in knots. Khattab, 23, who fled his coastal hometown of Latakia last year to avoid military service in Syria, said the inspiration came as he ploughed through more than a dozen registration forms in German after arriving in Berlin. "Even when we asked Germans they had problems understanding the forms," Khattab told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in a telephone interview. "If the Germans found them unreadable, how could we [migrants] read them?" The app's name stemmed from Khattab, whose first language is Arabic, being caught out mispronouncing the word 'bureaucracy'. "Someone heard it and said 'Bureaucrazy? What did you say? That's a cool name'," said Khattab. Khattab and his partners developed the app as part of a program in computer-coding they are taking at ReDI, a Berlin non-profit school with a mission to integrate refugees. It won a local software development contest and later drew praise at the Startup Europe tech conference earlier this year. The developers believe it will help migrants fleeing violence and poverty, more than a million of which have entered Germany in the past year. "Everyone has the same problem: they come to Berlin as newcomers from Spain to Italy, and they have the same problems that we had," Khattab said. (Reuters)

Bureaucrazy: The smartphone app created by Syrian refugees to cut through German bureaucracy

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