Now, voice-based stress detector to tell who will perform under pressure
By ANISunday, June 13, 2010
LONDON - Scientists in Australia have developed a voice-based stress detector that they claim can help identify which job candidates will perform better under pressure.
Bo Yin at National Information and Communications Technology Australia, in Sydney, said that normally we have full control over our vocal muscles and change their position to create different intonations, reports New Scientist.
“But when stressed, we lose control of the position of the speech muscles,” and our speech becomes more monotone, he added.
Yin tested his stress detector in a call centre to identify which interviewees were more relaxed during recruitment tests.
The number of new staff that left after three months subsequently fell from 18 per cent to 12 per cent, he claimed.
The detector was shown at trade show CeBIT Australia in May. (ANI)
