It was a hard fight to get insurance companies to cover dedicated text-to-speech devices for speech-impaired patients, but it finally happened in 2001, according to a report in The New York Times. Now ...

With his wife’s seemingly endless stream of cheery chatter, it’s a wonder Gilbert Gray can ever get a word in edgewise. But now with the click of a few key strokes, he can at least try. “It was like ...

A device which helps people with Motor Neuron Disease communicate with family members has been donated to the Isle of Man's Hospital. The Gridpad communication device provides text to speech output to ...

Scientists have created a device that can read a person's brain signals and translate their internal speech, at least on a modest level. Reading time 3 minutes Scientists are inching closer to making ...

Researchers at Stanford University have developed new technology that could lead to game-changing advancements in assisted-speech devices. The small sensor is implanted in the brain and could help ...

A new device that 'reads' a person's mind can turn their thoughts into speech. A team of engineers from the University of California invented a breakthrough brain-computer interface (BCI) system with ...

Losing the ability to speak clearly after a stroke can feel devastating. For many survivors, the words are still there in their minds, but their bodies will not cooperate. Speech becomes slow, unclear ...

Bioengineers have invented a thin, flexible device that adheres to the neck and translates the muscle movements of the larynx into audible speech. The device is trained through machine learning to ...

Neurological diseases, including stroke, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and Parkinson’s disease, often cause dysarthria, which is a debilitating motor-speech disorder that disrupts neuromuscular ...

Prof. LI Hai’s team from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, conducted a systematic evaluation of the reliability of speech acoustic features across ...