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On one hand, I think it’s a bit over the top, and honestly, I’d rather my dogs didn’t talk (wife, daughter, female cat, two female dogs, and me… that’s a lot of female voices.. ). On the other hand, it’s kind of fascinating to teach a dog that many “words.” In the videos, they usually show combinations of just two words at most, and even then, I’d be racking my brain trying to figure out how to teach a dog to say “my stomach hurts” using those buttons 😄
From a usability standpoint, this could be incredibly helpful—for example, for guide dogs assisting blind individuals. Dogs could potentially inform their owner that something is wrong with themselves and they need to go to the vet (since a blind person might have limited ability to notice such issues). Looking at it this way, it really opens up new possibilities for the kind of help dogs can provide to humans—and how we, in turn, could support them in various situations.
