{"id":3968,"date":"2019-04-25T09:25:27","date_gmt":"2019-04-25T16:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=3968"},"modified":"2019-05-04T12:53:23","modified_gmt":"2019-05-04T19:53:23","slug":"scientists-re-create-speech-from-brain-signals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=3968","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Re-create Speech From Brain Signals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jean-Dominique Bauby, author of \u201cThe Diving Bell and the Butterfly.\u201d,
tapped out the book letter by letter by blinking an eyelid after being paralyzed by a stroke that left him virtually unable to move a muscle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thousands of people are reduced to similarly painstaking means of communication as a result of injuries suffered in accidents, combat, strokes, or neurodegenerative disorders such as A.L.S. – all of which render the patient unable to speak.
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Scientists are now reporting<\/a> that they have developed a virtual prosthetic voice, a system that decodes the brain\u2019s vocal intentions and translates them into mostly understandable speech, with no need to move a muscle, even those in the mouth.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The new system, described on Wednesday in the journal\u00a0Nature,\u00a0deciphers the\u00a0brain\u2019s motor commands guiding vocal movement<\/a> during speech \u2014 the tap of the tongue, the narrowing of the lips \u2014 and generates intelligible sentences that approximate a speaker\u2019s natural cadence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is astounding development and has untold of implications. Give it a listen below (audio starts at 0:16)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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