Collar clip + phone app
Tailspeak reads barks, growls and body language and names the likely feeling — alert, play, frustrated. It learns your dog, and reads mood and context, not words.
Early access. Clip + app in development — nothing to buy yet.
The problem
Dogs don't have words, so owners fill the gap with hunches — and the hunches are often wrong.
Door, stranger, boredom — one reaction, even when the cause is different.
The stiff posture before a snap is easy to miss around kids and guests.
Generic advice can't know what your dog's own whine actually means.
How it works
A small listener clips to any collar and catches barks, whines and growls.
On-device models read sound and, through the camera, tail, ears and posture — instantly.
Every confirmed read sharpens a profile unique to your dog over time.
Features
Flags the likely trigger — stranger, play, frustration — from sound patterns.
Weighs tail, ears and posture alongside sound for a fuller read.
Learns your dog's own baseline, so reads get sharper over time.
A push alert when the pattern looks like "someone's here."
Logs sustained distress while you're out into one simple summary.
A searchable timeline to spot patterns across weeks, not just moments.
Science
Tailspeak doesn't translate language — dogs don't have one. It's built on real, published work showing barks and body language carry classifiable context.
Molnár et al. (2008) sorted 6,000+ barks by situation well above chance using acoustic patterns alone.
Animal Cognition, 2008Faragó et al. (2017): people correctly read growl context 63% of the time, well above chance.
Royal Society Open Science, 2017Quaranta et al. (2007) found measurable left/right wagging bias tied to approach vs. withdrawal.
Current Biology, via Nature NewsNone of this maps barks to English sentences. Accuracy is above chance, not perfect — Tailspeak shows a likely read with a confidence level, not a verdict.
Who it's for
Wants a second opinion on 2am whines — bathroom, or just protest?
Can't always tell rough play from an actual warning growl.
Wants to catch the stiff-posture warning before the lunging starts.
Pricing
Early-access pricing (planned)$15/mo
FAQ
No. Dogs have no word-language. Tailspeak reads context and likely mood — a best-effort read with a confidence level, not a translation.
Plan is on-device processing: the feed is analyzed in the moment and discarded, not stored or uploaded as video.
No. It can surface early signals tied to escalating discomfort — not a safety guarantee or trainer substitute.
The clip's mic catches sound close to the source. The app's camera reads body language when you point your phone at your dog.
Unknown yet: Tailspeak hasn't been tested. In published studies, software sorted barks by context well above chance but far from perfectly, so expect best guesses.
No. It doesn't diagnose anxiety, pain or any condition — for real concerns, it points you to a vet or trainer.
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