BestFriends General Store Introduces NormBet Bark Recognition Software (BRS) White Paper

      

Introduction

While some dogs today enjoy full-time employment, like herding sheep or cattle, search and rescue, service dogs, and K9 police dogs, the vast majority are dramatically under-employed. This in turn has had a deleterious effect on their self-worth and created untold negative societal impacts. Today, the vast majority of "The Brotherhood of Canines" work merely a few minutes a day. Most dogs today only bark when someone comes to the door or when another member of "The Brotherhood" in their neighborhood sends out an alert. They spend the rest of their time sleeping.

Think back to a time before we needed Dog Trainers like Cesar Millan and Victoria Stillwell to tell us what to do. This was a time when people relied on dogs to guard a house or a car or a junkyard. This was a time of low canine unemployment. A time when every able-bodied dog could find a job. Unlike today, when homeowners rely on Electronic Burglar Alarms or Web Cam Surveillance systems. With so many out-of-work dogs seeking employment, it becomes imperative to create a way for them to regain their rightful productive place in our society.

Dog Facts

There are approximately 74.8 million dogs inthe United States. Thirty-nine percent of U.S. households have at least one dog. The term "Working Dogs" refers mainly to those dogs used in competitions rather than dogs with actual full-time employment. Dogs in the U.S. spend up to 20 hours per day sleeping. While much has been done to teach dogs to respond to specific human words, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betsy_(dog)) very little has been done to interpret the existing language of dogs. Please note the reference listed in National Geographic is for a Betsy living inVienna, Austria, not Betsy, The Farm Dog living inChino Valley, Arizona.

The Challenge

Empower this vast underutilized resource by providing the tools necessary for unemployed dogs everywhere to become contributing members of society once again. With greater canine employment opportunities comes diminished negative societal impacts and almost unlimited economic growth possibilities.

Solution

NormBet Bark Recognition Software (BRS)

How Does NormBet Software Work?

Bark recognition software uses the dog bark as the interface between the user and the computer. This system is Speaker-Dependent. This means that the system must be "Trained" by each user. This "Training" creates a unique profile for each user of the system. This profile contains information used by the system to determine meaning for each bark. While relatively simple to use, BRS software is a highly sophisticated technology. "Bark Modeling" is utilized to recognize and differentiate among the thousands of dog sounds that make up their language. Using statistical models, BRS analyzes an incoming stream of sound and interprets those sounds as commands. A single bark could equate to only one word or it could translate into an entire paragraph. This technology has been applied to all aspects of running the http://www.BestFriendsGeneralStore.com business. According to Dean Blakeslee, Betsy and Norman's dad and developer of NormBet, "To date, this product will only work with Betsy and Norman; however, exciting technological breakthroughs may be just around the corner empowering more and more dogs to run their own businesses and become productive members of society."

About the BestFriends General Store

BestFriends General Store is an online dog toy, dog costume, and dog breed gift store. Betsy and Norman, the canine owners of BestFriends General Store, operated their online dog toy land with Candy and Dean Blakeslee, their parents. They think dog toy shopping should be entertaining and fun. Betsy and Norman have been approving dog toys and using NormBet to compose their email since 2003.

    Contact:

    Candy Blakeslee, Betsy and Norman's mom
    http://www.BestFriendsGeneralStore.com
    Phone: 602-515-7093
    Candy@BestFriendsGeneralStore.com

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