Surprised with special equipment that can translate thoughts into words

Scientists are studying a new invention that can translate speech into words to help stroke patients and people with paralysis.

A mind-access machine that translates thoughts into words is getting closer to reality. This research has been ongoing for many years and recently, scientists have succeeded in replaying a word that someone is thinking by monitoring their brain activity.

While there is still a long way to go for the final results, scientists said that the invention could help stroke patients and people with paralysis. Professor Robert Knight and his team at UC Berkeley studied how to hear words, how to speak loudly and how to imagine words related to brain regions overlapping.

By monitoring brain activity, new inventions can convert thoughts into words.

"Currently, this challenge is to replay words that can be understood from the live signal recorded by the brain when someone imagines a word they want to say," said Knight, editor of Frontiers. Human Neuroscience said. The purpose of the device is to help people with sequelae of diseases such as paralysis or Lou Gehrig's disease can communicate.

"There are many neurological disorders that limit speech even though patients are aware of what they want to say. We want to develop an implant that can decipher the signals that occur in the brain when we Think of a word, then turn these signals into an audio file that can be played back with a voice device , " Mr. Knight explained.

This new device will deliver everyone's intended thoughts through a talking or electronic device, but the research team still needs to conduct many other studies. They can replay a word that a person has just heard on the machine by tracking the temporal lobe activity in neurological surgery.

Using electrodes placed on the surface of the language areas of the brain in conscious patients, the scientists tracked the patterns of electrical reactions of the brain while speaking. They then created a computer model that could encode sound appropriately with these signals.

The team can decipher speech when a person thinks of a specific word from the record directly from the brain. The ultimate goal of scientists is to create a small device that can be used in everyday life.