Brain-reading implant converts speech

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Brain implant translates thoughts to speech in an instant

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A brain-reading implant that translates neural signals into audible speech has allowed a woman with paralysis to hear what she intends to say nearly instantly.

Researchers enhanced the device with artificial intelligence ( AI ) algorithms that decoded sentences as the woman thought of them, and then spoke them out loud using a synthetic voice.

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