If you've ever spent an evening analysing a Whatsapp from your other half ('When they say 'okay' do they actually mean 'okay' or are they in a mood?') or questioned whether a friend's white noise is in response to your abrupt text, we have the website for you.
Tone Analyzer is a new service that uses linguistic analysis to detect and analyse emotion and tone in messages.
Users are instructed to copy and paste messages into the website and press the 'Analyse' button.
In a few seconds, the website produces a list of analysed results from the message, breaking down the tone of the message into two levels (document and sentence) and three categories: emotion, language style and social tendencies.
Colour-coded bars suggest how much anger, joy, fear, disgust and sadness are hidden in the message.
The site also interprets how analytical the messenger is being, their confidence levels and tentativeness while it also looks into whether the text exhibits traits of openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and emotional range.
After a quick test, the website analyses the sentence, 'Sorry, I'm busy' to indicate a 66 per cent likeliness of sadness. However, 'Sorry, I'm busy!' (with an exclamation mark) increases the sadness level to 77 per cent.
Punctuation is key, people.
Of course, it's not 100 per cent accurate but the website provides an intruiging insight into what messages from your boss, partner, family member and friends could really mean.
Curious?
Test it out here.
Katie O'Malley is the Site Director on ELLE UK. On a daily basis you’ll find Katie managing all digital workflow, editing site, video and newsletter content, liaising with commercial and sales teams on new partnerships and deals (eg Nike, Tiffany & Co., Cartier etc), implementing new digital strategies and compiling in-depth data traffic, SEO and ecomm reports. In addition to appearing on the radio and on TV, as well as interviewing everyone from Oprah Winfrey to Rishi Sunak PM, Katie enjoys writing about lifestyle, culture, wellness, fitness, fashion, and more.
