Lovedetect.com - Where Love and Technology Meet

When you first start dating someone, are you ever left wondering “how do they really feel about me?” LoveDetect gives those of us with uncertainties a leg up. Users enter in a pin number before calling their partner, and LoveDetect performs speech analysis during the conversation to determine the “level of love.” The technology does not analyze specific words, but rather pauses, speed of conversation, and other variables to determine how much excitement and concentration is put into the conversation. While LoveDetect asserts that the analysis is for entertainment purposes only, the science has been employed for years by government and private corporations.

“LoveDetect is a unique voice analysis service that determines how your date feels about you, just by talking with them on the phone. Personal ads, body language and shyness can all give wrong impressions - but the voice never lies.”

LoveDetect assures that the service is for “entertainment purposes only,” and taken in that context, I can see it taking off (imagine a group of girl friends getting together and discussing a recent date, then deciding to “see what he thinks”). It is a service that plays on love, sex, and insecurity, a market that is always lucrative.

Is LoveDetect too much of a one-time novelty item to succeed long-term?