An app called ResApp has a 92% accuracy rate in determining if you have COVID. All you need to do is record your coughing and the app uses an algorithm to detect the virus.
, the app, with a 92% accuracy rate, is called ResApp and it uses machine learning to analyze your coughs to help determine whether you are infected or not. 741 patients in the U.S. and India tested the app which included 446 infected with the coronavirus.Those testing the app filled out paperwork detailing their symptoms and then coughed into a smartphone with the app installed. The app correctly detected COVID in 92% of the people testing the app who were already known to be infected.
The ResApp has caught the attention of Pfizer, one of the world's largest pharmaceutical firms and one of the companies that developed a COVID vaccine. Last week, Pfizer offered to buy ResApp for $0.115 a share or $74.3 million in cash. ResApp also entered into a licensing deal with Pfizer that pays it $3 million upfront with another $1 million possible through milestone payments.
The CEO and Managing Director of ResApp, Tony Keating, says,"'We are very excited about these preliminary results for detecting Covid-19 using cough audio recorded on a smartphone." The app listens for key signatures in a cough and uses an algorithm to make the process highly accurate. Having a smartphone app able to accurately test for COVID eliminates the issues that are found in current testing such as the distribution of the tests, the cost of producing and stocking the tests in stores, doctors' offices, and hospitals, and the impact on the environment of rapid antigen and PCR testing. Then there is the accuracy of current tests to consider.
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