Published on: Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Facial recognition software is becoming a greater part of our everyday lives. But the technology is controversial and not without its critics. Questions about its accuracy—especially relating to recognizing minority faces—remain.

EmotionTrac claims to offer a different approach. It uses the front-facing camera on smartphones and tablets to analyze a user’s facial expressions in real time to videos or images s approach focuses to determine whether a user has positive, negative or neutral feelings. This can then be used to figure out what arguments will land with potential jurors (podcast available here).