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- Scientists published a study describe using information from brain recordings to generate understandable speech.
Scientists described using information from brain recordings to generate understandable speech in a proof of principle study.
Invasive recordings of brain activity normally involved in the production of speech sounds, at the level of controlling muscle movement, have been associated with the speech sounds produced. This has allowed recordings of brain activity to drive the generation of understandable machine generated speech. The invasive nature of the electrode placement (inside the skull) makes finding trial subjects more difficult.
In the long run, this process may be developed to being clinically useful, but it is not ready yet.
Medical problems affecting the speech motor areas (where the recordings are made) could rule its use out in particular cases.
Here is a NY Times article on it.
Here is the original article in Nature which is behind a paywall.
Invasive recordings of brain activity normally involved in the production of speech sounds, at the level of controlling muscle movement, have been associated with the speech sounds produced. This has allowed recordings of brain activity to drive the generation of understandable machine generated speech. The invasive nature of the electrode placement (inside the skull) makes finding trial subjects more difficult.
In the long run, this process may be developed to being clinically useful, but it is not ready yet.
Medical problems affecting the speech motor areas (where the recordings are made) could rule its use out in particular cases.
Here is a NY Times article on it.
Here is the original article in Nature which is behind a paywall.