KTF analyzes passion in your voice, won't make you irresistible

We know, Valentine's Day 2008 has come and gone, but if you've managed to hold on to your SO through the Hallmark-inspired holiday, chances are you won't need these services anyway. For those waking up solo, however, you should probably listen up. South Korea's KTF has launched a seductive new service -- rightfully dubbed Love Detector -- for its subscribers which will actually "analyze voice patterns to see if a lover is speaking honestly and with affection." In an interesting twist, the data is actually only shown to the customer who coughs up ?1,500 ($1.58) per month (or less per call), so don't expect to secretively find out if your lover has another lover waiting next door via voice analysis.

[Image courtesy of WestCoastPioneers, thanks Sandra]

[zfurie @ Feb 17th 2008 2:00AM]

I'll try this out on a telemarketer!!! If we ever get a similar service like that here, that is.

[bc @ Feb 17th 2008 10:22AM]

i think it is this guy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA1NoOOoaNw

[OneLove @ Feb 18th 2008 11:37AM]

I could have gone without the chest hair.

[gerbick @ Feb 17th 2008 2:01AM]

Wow. Never thought I'd see an Egyptian Lover image at Engadget. I'm beyond impressed.

Seriously though. As weird as this sounds, why isn't this made available in the US? It'll be yet another way to milk the US customers from money. Just get marketing to make it sound like needed. Suckers are born everyday.

[Esraa @ Feb 17th 2008 3:05PM]

an Egyptian lover??? I don't get it.

[gerbick @ Feb 17th 2008 3:14PM]

He's the hip-hop artist in the picture. Perhaps I should have said the "Egyptian Lover". Google is your friend.

[JLTate @ Feb 17th 2008 2:24AM]

"Hey baby, speak into this so I can detect your loovvee." just doesn't strike me as a good pickup line.

[trevor @ Feb 17th 2008 2:56AM]

(walks up to a girl)

"Hey, nice shoes! Bet they'd look much better in my pants."

"Wait...I mean, are you from heaven? 'Cause I've got an erection!"

(walks off)

[low tech @ Feb 17th 2008 5:54PM]

Was your dad a thief? Because you sure seem like you were raised by felons.

[asphixiated @ Feb 17th 2008 2:51AM]

Can you imagine all the relationships that will be ruined because this service turns up false positives (or negatives)?

I look forward to seeing those news stories on engadget haha.

[Dean @ Feb 17th 2008 3:41AM]

A random number generator and a gullible base would make for a real quick way to make this service profitable.

[mushrooshi @ Feb 17th 2008 4:51AM]

That guy is gross.

[gigerkatt @ Feb 17th 2008 6:01AM]

Dont ever speak ill of the Egyptian lover

[mushrooshi @ Feb 17th 2008 6:03AM]

wtf happened to all the comments?

did someone happen to force them to run doom, blend them, come in pink, while welcoming our doom running, blending overlords?

[Hotrod @ Feb 17th 2008 8:28AM]

That guys chest hair is catastrophic.

[Andrew @ Feb 17th 2008 12:53PM]

I thought it was a leopard skin shirt pattern.

[Eh @ Feb 17th 2008 8:36PM]

Everything in the 80's had velcro. Even human skin.

[CELLGUY030 @ Feb 17th 2008 1:35PM]

ok, nobody is going to say anything about the monster construction worker phone hes using?

[I LOVE THE CAPS LOCK KEY @ Feb 17th 2008 8:11PM]

You are referring to the 1980's Motorola DynaTAC phone aka the Zach Morris special.. Those were seen in the hands of just as many executives as construction bosses. Those were the days, pre-microtac era.

Before that, I remember you had to wear a back pack full of gear and there was a giant antenna stuck up towards the sky.

[primetime4 @ Feb 17th 2008 8:44PM]

KTF is gonna rock you... Ancients of Mu, Mu!

[lanejasper69 @ Feb 18th 2008 10:33AM]

Is that Gene Simmons from KISS during the "Animalize" Era!?!?!

LMAO!!!

Faslane

[Wayne @ Feb 18th 2008 11:29AM]

Before Sayid Jarrah was on Oceanic Flight 815 he was a major pimp in 1991.