SmartDog Software Translates Your Dogs Barks Into English With A Personalized Animation of Your Dog

June 8, 2004 Prime Focus announces the availability of SmartDog, the revolutionary new patent-pending Interactive Translation System that allows pet owners to understand what their dogs' barks and growls mean in English. As your dog barks, you'll know instantly what your dog is trying to say. An animated lip-sync dog, which can be customized with your dog's photo, appears on your PC screen and speaks for your dog. It's both a toy and a tool for everyone to understand the family dog.

SmartDog is a PC-based application that enables you and the family to translate hundreds of different barks into English. Unlike other translators, SmartDog doesn't just randomly select a phrase that may not truly match what your dog is trying to say. With your help, SmartDog's ITS systematically learns to recognize your dog's specific vocals, making this a powerful, fun and entertaining tool. Via the included microphone, SmartDog allows you to easily capture and build your dog's vocabulary over time. Once a bark has been translated, the lip-sync dog speaks the English statement and is ready to match it the next time a dog utters that particular bark. It's your love and knowledge that helps SmartDog to truly recognize and understand your dog.

SmartDog runs in the background on your PC, so as you're visiting with friends and family, surfing the web, or working on the computer, SmartDog recognizes when a specific bark occurs again. The lip-sync dog then tells you what your pooch is saying. For example, "There's a stranger at the door!" Anyone listening will know instantly what your dog is trying to say, helping to improve your pet's relationship with family, friends, and even strangers.

SmartDog also allows you to create your dog's character with the lip-sync dog. A photo-realistic dog appears on your screen and speaks the phrases that your dog is trying to say. SmartDog allows you to personalize the voice and image for one dog or many. Choose from the best or funniest voices by accent, gender, and tone and select the dog image dog that best fits your pet. Or, send us a photo of your dog and we'll create a personalized image of your furry friend to adorn your screen.

SmartDog is easy to use, installs quickly and will work with multiple dogs. Just plug in the microphone and the software works out of the box. A talking interactive tutor dog will playfully guide you on how to use and enjoy SmartDog. Move with ease between screens using the colorful navigation paw. Already built in are over thirty barks with funny and real phrases and alerts like: 'I'll go, let me drive', 'Yay, Mommy's home', 'I'll bite your ankles, I swear I will!'

SmartDog is available for purchase at www.BarksToEnglish.com. For distribution/wholesale information: