Mattel has announced a partnership with the American startup ToyTalk, in the framework of the partnership which will be released a new version of the Barbie doll, able to conduct with a child "meaningful" conversations. Toy will not use pre-recorded words and phrases. The most popular questions children answers stored in the "cloud", will prepare professional screenwriters and writers.

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Mattel has announced a partnership with the American startup ToyTalk, in the framework of the partnership which will be released a new version of the Barbie doll, able to conduct with a child "meaningful" conversations. Toy will not use pre-recorded words and phrases. The most popular questions children answers stored in the "cloud", will prepare professional screenwriters and writers.

Internet connection required for further analysis of the children's questions and statements, which is conducted via the platform ToyTalk. All data are collected in the "cloud", and then become available to the owners of the dolls. The prototype is connected to the world wide web Barbie dolls presented at the exhibition Toy Fair in new York, writes FastCompany. He is able to maintain a conversation about the ongoing event, but before running the commercial version of the theme will change to a more suitable for children.

How secure is the technology used is not specified, but the platform ToyTalk is already used in some entertainment applications for mobile devices.