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"Bowlingual" - talk to your dog! Scientist invents translator!

MichaelD

MichaelD

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ATLANTA, Georgia (Reuters) -- If you're wondering why your pooch howls at the moon, growls at the mailman or barks uncontrollably at squirrels, the answer may be only a click away.

A Japanese toy maker claims to have developed a gadget that translates dog barks into human language and plans to begin selling the product -- under the name Bowlingual -- in U.S. pet stores, gift shops and retail outlets this summer.

Tokyo-based Takara Co. Ltd. says about 300,000 of the dog translator devices have been sold since its launch in Japan late last year. It is forecasting far bigger sales once an English-language version comes to America in August.
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This is wild. But in order to make a translator, you'd have to have a correct "doggie dictionary" of sorts to go off of to begin with, right? 😕

Probably the same people that take fido to the Doggie Psychologist will buy this thing. hahah!
 
My sister's pit will go off for about 5 minutes if it sees a squirrels. Was really funny when the dog jumped up and landed on her legs (dog weighs about 65 lbs) while she was slouching on the couch watching tv
 
bark woof woof bow wow bark bark woof! woof woof yip? howl
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*michaeld's dog* "Arf, bark, grroowl, yipyap bark!"

*me runs to computer for translation* "Oh hell NO! You cannot go down the block and screw the Johnson's Poodle again!! Bad dog!!!!

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