[asterisk-users] Please help test the gender detection module at 575-613-4392

Steve Totaro stotaro at totarotechnologies.com
Thu Feb 19 18:23:05 CST 2009


It got my gender correct the two times I tested, even with the TV loud in
the background.

BTW, I love the beep.


On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 5:54 PM, Asterisk Asterisk <nt_asterisk at yahoo.com>wrote:

> You sure you don't have a pony tail? :) Hehe.
>
> It happens to the best of us. Hopefully after my fine tuning it will happen
> to less of us!
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Darren Wiebe <darren at aleph-com.net>
> *To:* Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion <
> asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 18, 2009 4:13:46 PM
>
> *Subject:* Re: [asterisk-users] Please help test the gender detection
> module at 575-613-4392
>
> Pretty cool.  I'm almost offended though as I'm not usually guessed as a
> female of the species. :)
>
> Darren Wiebe
> darren at aleph-com.net
>
> Asterisk Asterisk wrote:
> > Steve,
> >
> > >Tried to test and got "call could not be completed as dialed".
> >
> > Were you able to connect? If not, please try again. Call volume has
> > been growing.
> >
> > >How about a moving stress variable that could be used as a lie
> > detector of sorts or
> > >just to measure how certain parts of a script, or certain questions may
> >
> > This is possible. Do you want to call or e-mail to discuss?
> >
> > >I guess to get a baseline, you would have to ask a few inert questions.
> >
> > Yes, I definitely need to do this and will probably add this in for
> > the next release.
> >
> > Justin Newman
> > nt_jnewman at yahoo.com
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > *From:* Steve Totaro <stotaro at totarotechnologies.com>
> > *To:* Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> > <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
> > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 18, 2009 10:57:47 AM
> > *Subject:* Re: [asterisk-users] Please help test the gender detection
> > module at 575-613-4392
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Steve Totaro
> > <stotaro at totarotechnologies.com
> > <mailto:stotaro at totarotechnologies.com>> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >    On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Asterisk Asterisk
> >    <nt_asterisk at yahoo.com <mailto:nt_asterisk at yahoo.com>> wrote:
> >
> >        This module detects gender and approximate age range. I'm
> >        working on getting it's accuracy to 80%+ on a consistent
> >        basis, after implementing filters to remove background noise
> >        and other artifacts.
> >
> >        It's designed for a number of things. To start, I have several
> >        clients (primarily mobile content and servers providers) that
> >        want to profile and generate demographics of their users for
> >        selling advertising. They also want to understand their user
> >        base. Plus, some customers have found that male and female
> >        users tend to respond differently to different prompts, flows,
> >        etc. This helps in designing a system that meets needs of many
> >        different types of users.
> >
> >        Of course, there are many other uses and I'm sure people can
> >        generate some cool ideas.
> >
> >        Let me know how it works when you try the test number at
> >        575-613-4392. Also, let me know if you have any interest in
> >        the module.
> >
> >        Justin
> >
> >        nt_jnewman at yahoo.com <http://yahoo.com>
> >
> >
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >        *From:* Ron Joffe <ron.joffe at gmail.com
> >        <mailto:ron.joffe at gmail.com>>
> >        *To:* asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> >        <mailto:asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
> >        *Cc:* Asterisk Asterisk <nt_asterisk at yahoo.com
> >        <mailto:nt_asterisk at yahoo.com>>
> >        *Sent:* Monday, February 16, 2009 11:05:24 AM
> >        *Subject:* Re: [asterisk-users] Please help test the gender
> >        detection module at 575-613-4392
> >
> >        That's an interesting module.
> >
> >        Care to elaborate on what you designed it for ?
> >
> >        Thanks,
> >
> >        Ron
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >        On Monday 16 February 2009 13:29, Asterisk Asterisk wrote:
> >        > I need your help: please help test the gender detection
> >        module at
> >        > 575-613-4392.
> >        >
> >        > I wrote a gender detection module and thought I'd try it
> >        out. It only takes
> >        > a second. I've been showing 90%+ accuracy and I want to make
> >        sure it's
> >        > working correctly. Rain and significant background noise
> >        seems to throw it
> >        > off, so I still have a bit of work to do.
> >        >
> >        > Have your friends and significant others call too. Also, let
> >        me know if you
> >        > have any need for the module.
> >        >
> >        > Justin Newman
> >        > nt_jnewman at yahoo.com <http://yahoo.com>
> >
> >
> >    Tried to test and got "call could not be completed as dialed".
> >
> >    This sounds very interesting Justin.
> >
> >    --
> >    Thanks,
> >    Steve Totaro
> >
> >
> > Justin, how about building some additional functionality.
> >
> > How about a moving stress variable that could be used as a lie
> > detector of sorts or just to measure how certain parts of a script, or
> > certain questions may prove to be more stressful where simply
> > rewording them may have a less stressful response?
> >
> > I guess to get a baseline, you would have to ask a few inert questions.
> >
> > --
> > Thanks,
> > Steve Totaro
> > +18887771888 (Toll Free)
> > +12409381212 (Cell)
> > +12024369784 (Skype)
> >
>
>
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