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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new AI device could be key to unlocking easier computer usage for individuals in busy environments or those who have lost access to audible speech. The new device, which is designed by Boston-based ...

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 ...

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 ...

O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her ...