In an article today at Science Daily, neuroengineers at Columbia
University claim they have created a system that translates thought
into intelligible, recognizable speech.
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Originally Posted by ScienceDaily
By monitoring someone's brain activity, the technology can reconstruct the words a person hears with unprecedented clarity. This breakthrough, which harnesses the power of speech synthesizers and artificial intelligence, could lead to new ways for computers to communicate directly with the brain. It also lays the groundwork for helping people who cannot speak, such as those living with as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or recovering from stroke, regain their ability to communicate with the outside world.
These findings were published today in Scientific Reports.
"Our voices help connect us to our friends, family and the world around us, which is why losing the power of one's voice due to injury or disease is so devastating," said Nima Mesgarani, PhD, the paper's senior author and a principal investigator at Columbia University's Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute. "With today's study, we have a potential way to restore that power. We've shown that, with the right technology, these people's thoughts could be decoded and understood by any listener."
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Story here :-
https://www.sciencedaily.com/release...0129081919.htm
"Towards reconstructing intelligible speech from the human auditory cortex"
by Akbari et. al., Scientific Reports, Nature (full paper, free) :-
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-37359-z