“The Jerk-O-Meter (or JerkoMeter) is a real-time speech feature analysis application that runs on your VOIP phone or cell phone that remedies precisely that experience. It uses speech features that measure activity and stress (and soon empathy) from your tone of voice and speaking style, to predict if you are ‘being a jerk’ on the phone. The phone displays appropriate messages, and can also be set up to inform the person on the other end of the line that you’re extremely busy. The messages range from ‘Stop being a jerk!’ to ‘Wow, you’re a smooth talker,’ based on your performance. The application is currently designed to analyze only the user’s conversation, and not the person at the other end of the line. The Jerk-O-Meter is the work of Anmol Madan, a PhD candidate at the MIT Media Laboratory, and Dr. Alex (Sandy) Pentland, a pioneer in wearable and socially aware computing.”