iPhone app translates 'baby cry' into three languages

November 11, 10:58 AMOffbeat News ExaminerBroderick Perkins

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Babies have a lot more to say than just "Put something in my pie hole," "Crap! That hurts!" and "What you put in my pie hole is now in my diaper."

When a baby cries, he or she is using a much more elaborate language you can decipher and obtain specific details about their needs -- even if you've never seen a baby -- provided you've got the right technology.

Find that technology in a new iPhone app, "Cry Translator," which allows "parents and caregivers to understand their baby's first language -- the cry."

Biloop Technologic, S.L.'s app specifically identifies five "distinct" infant cries: the cry of hunger, the cry of sleep, the cry of annoyance, the cry of stress and the cry of boredom.

Forget the smell of poop.

When baby starts wailing, just place the device nearby, touch the "Start" button, and get a translated response as soon as it would have taken to change the diaper.

"Biloop Technologic, S.L. will not be held responsible for the effectiveness or consequences of using the application or accompany suggestions. The suggestions are intended to provide an informative reference for parents/caregivers on the most common soothing methods."

Available in English, French and Spanish, the results are the same because "these five cries are universal to all babies regardless of culture or language."

But what about Vulcan babies?

Those kids are just way too logical.

OMG! I get it! It's an app for extraterrestrials!

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