Covid-19 can be detected by sound - Neosperience software company

Italy’s Neosperience has developed a way to detect Covid-19 infections by analysing a person’s speech or cough, the software company announced on Tuesday.

Neosperience President Dario Melpignano said the system, which detects sounds characteristic of the respiratory disease, was more than 80 per cent accurate.

The project was developed with partners and by using artificial intelligence embedded in a cloud platform called Neosperience Health Cloud, which has already been used to analyse chest x-rays, the company said in a statement.

Neosperience’s shares, listed on the Aim section of the Milan Bourse, were automatically suspended after rising 13.5 per cent to 6.50 euros per share.

“It’s just the beginning of a project that has incredible potential because the processing of this sort of data can be effectively used as a screening test,” said Alessandro Nizardo Chailly, the chief executive of Neosperience’s partner Capsula.

The recording and analysis model could help to detect and diagnose a wide range of pathogens, added Capsula’s scientific adviser Giuseppe Andreoni. (Reporting by Giancarlo Navach. Editing by Giulia Segreti and Mark Potter).

“We blend empathy and technology”

Neosperience is a specialist in empathetic technology combines AI and quantifiable measures of our physical and mental state to begin dabbling in quintessentially human territory, reading a situation and addressing what really matters to people.

Examples include using behavioural analysis to understand customer trends in insurance, or creating a unique and carefully targeted shopping experience, or detailed customisation of a website user experience.

“We help you create a compelling and personalized dialogue with individual users in all your touchpoints: websites, apps, chatbots, notifications, advertising, messaging systems,” the company explains on its website.

“We grow your numbers, by understanding your audience and optimising your organisation’s processes. We Create personalised  one-to-one experiences: you’ll see your customers grow, while their satisfaction will keep them loyal to your products and services.”