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AlterEgo, [Arnav] Kapur's new wearable device system, can detect what you're saying when you're talking to yourself, even if you're completely silent and not moving your mouth.
The technology involves a system of sensors that detect the minuscule neuromuscular signals sent by the brain to the vocal cords and muscles of the throat and tongue. These signals are sent out whenever we speak to ourselves silently, even if we make no sounds. The device feeds the signals through an A.I., which "reads" them and turns them into words. The user hears the A.I.'s responses through a microphone that conducts sound through the bones of the skull and ear, making them silent to others. Users can also respond out loud using artificial voice technology.
[...] Kapur is currently testing the device on people with communication limitations through various hospitals and rehabilitation centers in the Boston area. These limitations could be caused by stroke, cerebral palsy or neurodegenerative diseases like ALS. In the case of ALS, the disease affects the nerves in the brain and spinal cord, progressively robbing people of their ability to use their muscles, including those that control speech. But their brains still send speech signals to the vocal cords and the 100-plus muscles involved in speaking. AlterEgo can capture those signals and turn them into speech. According to Kapur's research[pdf], the system is about 92 percent accurate.
Source: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/device-can-hear-voice-inside-your-head-180972785/
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday August 07 2019, @09:26PM (4 children)
If I silently "say" something to someone else, can the system read that? If so, it would seem like the next great:
1. hardware accessory for smartphones
2. smartphone app
For people to silently converse without speaking, typing or gesturing.
However the other end would have to communicate my thought to the other person. But maybe very quietly through headphones on whatever sensors
censorsare attached to each person's head.The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 08 2019, @02:06AM (3 children)
Two people using the same device with the same A.I. voice... Interesting. Did I say that or did you?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 08 2019, @12:57PM (2 children)
You use Microsoft Sam (voice) and I'll use DECTalk -- problem solved!
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday August 08 2019, @02:17PM (1 child)
No, no . . . you want the unique sound of . . .
THEEEEES EEEEAZE THE TEEE ARE EEHS EIGHTY SPEEEEEECH SYNNNNNTHEEEEESIZZZER.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 08 2019, @08:01PM
Funny, because I wired a speaker to the MB of a TRS-80 so I could hear it. It was like listening to an old 14.4 modem at 1/10th speed.