Much like the black/blue-white/gold dress craze that visually swept the internet three years ago, yanny/laurel did the same thing, but aurally. People listened to the same audio clip, and heard two completely different words. He sent us this slide: Ricketts agreed the recording was likely "Laurel." In the brief audio recording, 53% of over 500,000 people answered on a Twitter poll that they heard a man saying the word "Laurel", while 47% reported hearing a voice saying the name "Yanny". ... (The slider’s center point represents the original recording.) We Made a Tool So You Can Hear Both Yanny and Laurel. Last week, a short audio clip went viral. If you and your friends spend a lot of time on the internet, your group texts today might be filled with talk of Laurel and Yanny.

That's clearly what happened with me and several other commenters who couldn't hear Yanny at all until we got to the highest two notches on the slider, at which point I could hear both Laurel and Yanny simultaneously, though before that I could not hear Yanny at all. #teamlaurel 4. By JOSH KATZ, JONATHAN CORUM and JON HUANG MAY 16, 2018. ... Yanny or Laurel?

"Yanny or Laurel" is an auditory illusion of a re-recording of a vocabulary word plus added background sounds, also mixed into the recording, which became popular in May 2018. Now you made yourself a tool so you can hear both “Yanny” and “Laurel.” Just open your browser, play the audio, and try to find the sweet spot while moving the frequency slider. Yanny vs Laurel - this is a game in which you need to understand what you hear!
Frank Chen 751d ago. It was an internet sensation, that's for sure. If you want to just try the tool, it is live HERE. And a real head-scratcher, too. Nicholas A. Christakis 752d ago. So originally the word was laurel. Explanation is well done. Laurel or Yanny? However, if instead of moving it slowly, I jump all the way towards Laurel I can hear Laurel just fine. Vocabulary.com does not have an entry for the word “Yanny,” but HuffPost can confirm that, spelled a little differently, the definition is this: YASSER AL-ZAYYAT via Getty Images This is the musician Yanni, with an “i,” not a “y.” The reason the audio sounds slightly distorted is because it’s a recording of the Vocabulary.com’s recording, according to Buzzfeed. The @nytimes slider tool for Laurel Yanny is pretty good! Someone hears the word "Yanny", others hear the word "Laurel". Play with the slider and see if you experience a sharp transition. A fact-checker’s guide National; By Allison Graves May 16, 2018. How far do you have to move our slider to hear one name or the other? Be respectful, keep it civil and stay on topic. The Yanny vs. Laurel experiment likely exploits this cognitive tendency by forcing the brain to choose a camp, Franck says. Discuss: Hear both Yanny and Laurel with this online tool Sign in to comment. The game is constantly repeated the same word, but all people hear it differently.
Then moving the slider slowly back toward Yanny I hear Laurel all the way. I write code for audio and web, and play guitar on YouTube. Very strange.