Collecting cat sounds
This task is probably the most challenging task.
This requires either volunteers to record their own cats, which could be fun, though time consuming or screening online resources such as Youtube and then post processing the audio files. In any case wave files need to be collected.
Submission of cat sounds to: CatSounds Drop Box
Tools to collect cats sound : mp3fy here or any recording app on mobile
Naming of raw cat sounds files: Cat sounds should be named as follows: "SoundClass_Sex_Age_Name_FistNameOfWhoIsSubmitting_Country_Source"
where,
- SoundClass is one of the following:
| Sound Class | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Growling | I am warning you |
| MomoMooh | I am angry |
| Hissing | Leave me alone |
| Nyaaan | Want to fight? |
| MeowMeow | I am happy |
| Chatting | I want to hunt/play |
| GyaGyaGya | I want a cat-mate |
| KittenMiyouMiyou | Mama! Mama! |
| Miyoou | It hurts/hungry |
| Purring | I am comfortable |
- Sex is either M for male of F for female (if known)
- Age is age of cat (approximately if known, eg 3m or 2Y, etc.) (if known)
- Name is name of cat (if known)
- FirstNameOfWhoIsSubmitting is name of who is sending the file
- *Country is country where the cat is. (this will be used to find out if cats in different countries understand each others) (if known)
- Source should be Web or Recorded
Hear the cats and what they say at: Link here
<iframe width="540" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nX1YzS_CYIw" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>After a bit of research, it is proposed to follow the work done by JH Lee Domestic Cat Sound Classification Using Transfer Learning. The following site shows examples of sound within each classis used as a guide for classification of site The research proposes to classify cats sounds in 10 classes as follows:
