Tell HN: Steal idea for product to automate reporting of barking dogs complaints
Barking dogs are one of the most common noise complaints everywhere.
Reporting that to the owner or the city council, with proofs, may be complicated and time-consuming: it requires listening to barks through all the day, for days, recording them and keeping track of start time, end time, intensity... It's even more complicated if there's not one barking dog, but many spread across a neighborhood.
I think that a product to automate these reports would be very useful to control this nuisance, thus improving quality of living, for humans and dogs, in many places.
This product may be an app, or a special-purpose device, or a feature of an air quality measurement device or security camera. It could use "acoustic location", which would be especially useful to report barking spread across a neighborhood.
I want this. Please steal it, build it. (I could help if you want.) I specially like the idea that this improves the quality of living for humans but also the dogs. I'm not a dog owner but I've seen many dogs being left alone and barking in the wrong places for the "wrong" reasons. I would totally use this! Called animal control today, finally cracked after 8 months... So want this... That's a great idea.