AI Researchers Pave the Way For Translating Brain Waves Into Speech - NVIDIA Developer News Center

Researchers from Columbia University used deep learning to enhance speech neuroprothesis technologies, that can result in accurate and intelligible reconstructed speech from the human auditory cortex. This research has the potential to one day help patients who have lost their ability to speak, communicate with their loved ones. "Our approach takes a step toward the next generation of human-computer interaction systems and more natural communication channels for patients suffering from paralysis and locked-in syndromes," the researchers stated in their paper. The findings were published this week in Scientific Reports this week. "Our voices help connect us to our friends, family and the world around us, which is why losing the power of one's voice due to injury or disease is so devastating," said Nima Mesgarani, the paper's senior author and a principal investigator at Columbia University's Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute."With We've shown that, with the right technology, these people's thoughts could be decoded and understood by any listener."