A state-of-the-art brain-machine interface created by UC San Francisco neuroscientists can generate natural-sounding synthetic speech by using brain activity to control a virtual vocal tract — an ...

Someday, people who have lost their ability to speak may get their voice back. A new study demonstrates that electrical activity in the brain can be decoded and used to synthesize speech. The study, ...

The average human speaks at a rate of up to 150 words per minute, making spoken conversation one of the most effective ways to communicate. “We take for granted how effortless it is to convey so much ...

Speech production is a complex neural phenomenon that has left researchers explaining it tongue-tied. Separating out the complex web of neural regions controlling precise muscle movement in the mouth, ...

[This is a serialization, with slight updates, of my 2012 article on the subject; for the Introduction (which also discusses my ambivalence about such laws), see this post.] We now turn to specific ...

Are you looking for easy and fun ways to help encourage your toddler's speech development? If so, you come to the right place. I'm going to go over some speech development facts and give you some fun ...

First author Gopala Anumanchipalli holds an array of intracranial electrodes of the type used to record brain activity in the study. (Courtesy: UCSF) Neurological conditions or injuries that result in ...

A new study published in this month’s Journal of Neural Engineering demonstrates how a brain-computer interface (BCI) uses artificial intelligence (AI) deep learning to translate brain activity to ...

Neurological conditions that can cause paralysis, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and strokes in the brain stem, also rob many patients of their ability to speak. Assistive technologies ...