American and Australian scientists are developing a software that will allow patients simply to cough into their phone, and it will tell them whether they have cold, flu, pneumonia or other respiratory diseases.

Since the diagnosis is primarily with the sound produced with a cough, the scientists say their software can possibly do the doctor’s job in this case. The research team which has been partly funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have been testing the effectiveness of the software on several dozens of patients with many more tests in the pipeline to improve the software’s reliability.

Suzanne Smith of STAR Analytical Services, the firm behind the research, says: “Why haven’t we been measuring coughs? “It’s the most common symptom when a patient presents, and we are relying on doctors and nurses with good old technology from the 19th century.”

Telegraph reports that the software works only on a computer at present. However, this can be made into an app for smartphones, including the iPhone and Android based handset in later stages.

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