News tagged with speech synthesizer

'Duet of 1' possible with hand-controlled voice synthesizer

New technology at the University of British Columbia makes it possible for a person to speak or sing just by using their hands to control a speech synthesizer.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Feb 19, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Intel exploring ways to help Stephen Hawking speak

Intel Corp. is looking for ways to help famed British physicist Stephen Hawking reverse the slowing of his speech, according to a senior executive with the American chipmaker.

Technology / Other

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Reeti: It's a robot, but we're not quite sure what it does yet (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Robots come in all shapes and sizes; from sets of blocks, to child sized humans, and then, there is this. At first, this reporter didn't know exactly how to classify Reeti. It isn't exactly ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Apr 06, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 7 | with audio podcast weblog

Machine Translates Thoughts into Speech in Real Time

(PhysOrg.com) -- By implanting an electrode into the brain of a person with locked-in syndrome, scientists have demonstrated how to wirelessly transmit neural signals to a speech synthesizer. The "thought-to-speech" ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (104) | comments 27 feature