Description

Think about how you read. Do you say every word out loud to yourself in your head? That’s a process called internal vocalization or subvocalization.

Researchers at the MIT Media Lab have created a prototype for a device you wear on your face that can detect tiny shifts that occur when you subvocalize in the muscles that help you speak. That means that you can subvocalize a word, the wearable can detect it, and translate it into a meaningful command for a computer. Then, the computer connected to the wearable can perform a task for you, and communicate back to you through bone conduction. (fastcompany).

Website(s)

• https://www.fastcompany.com/

For More Information Contact

https://www.media.mit.edu/projects/alterego/overview/

Bibliography

A. Kapur, S. Kapur, and P. Maes, “AlterEgo: A Personalized Wearable Silent Speech Interface.” 23rd International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI 2018), pp 43-53, March 5, 2018.

Kapur, A., Sarawgi, U., Wadkins, E., Wu, M., Hollenstein, N., & Maes, P. (2020, April 30). Non-Invasive Silent Speech Recognition in Multiple Sclerosis with Dysphonia. Retrieved July 20, 2020, from http://proceedings.mlr.press/v116/kapur20a.html