The engineers of the Deezer music platform have developed a technology capable of recognizing swear words spoken in a song. A tool that should delight parents, sometimes worried about the musical tastes of their children.
With certain fashionable titles, parents are not necessarily reassured by what their children listen to. But now there is an artificial intelligence that automatically detects bad words in songs.
Without going into the moral realm, it is true that with streaming, recommendations and all the automatic playlists, children can find themselves listening, unwittingly, to songs that are not intended for them. Hence the idea of an artificial intelligence capable of identifying all the pieces with words that are a bit limited to avoid presenting them to the youngest.
We all know the famous "Parental Warning - Explicit lyrics". Except that there is nothing obligatory. It is at the discretion of the record companies. And a large part of the titles could be marked, but they are not.
How it works ? He transcribed the lyrics?
Exactly. And it's not obvious. First you have to separate the voices from the music. Then, do voice recognition to be able to detect any swear words. It is a French technology of engineers from the Deezer platform.
It is not just for music. Tomorrow, we could very well find it on the connected speakers. For example to encourage you to watch your language at home. If someone lets go. I know some families with whom one would quickly fill a pot.