Researchers develop device that can 'hear' your internal voice

[muriel_volestrangler]

Researchers have created a wearable device that can read people’s minds when they use an internal voice, allowing them to control devices and ask queries without speaking.

The device, called AlterEgo, can transcribe words that wearers verbalise internally but do not say out loud, using electrodes attached to the skin.
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Kapur describes the headset as an “intelligence-augmentation” or IA device, and was presented at the Association for Computing Machinery’s in Tokyo. It is worn around the jaw and chin, clipped over the top of the ear to hold it in place. Four electrodes under the white plastic device make contact with the skin and pick up the subtle neuromuscular signals that are triggered when a person verbalises internally. When someone says words inside their head, artificial intelligence within the device can match particular signals to particular words, feeding them into a computer.
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The AlterEgo device managed an average of 92% transcription accuracy in a 10-person trial with about 15 minutes of customising to each person. That’s several percentage points below the 95%-plus accuracy rate that Google’s voice transcription service is capable of using a traditional microphone, but Kapur says the system will improve in accuracy over time. The human threshold for voice word accuracy is thought to be around 95%.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/06/researchers-develop-device-that-can-hear-your-internal-voice

It would have been fascinating to know if Stephen Hawking could have used it.

I also wonder if this would have 'lie detector' applications ...

[HopeAgain]

1. You don't want to hear what I internalize

it's only what comes out that matters...

[fleur-de-lisa]

2. IKR! The thought police would lock my ass up

if they knew half of what I was thinking.

[fleur-de-lisa]

3. This is getting a little too 'Minority Report' for me.

[cstanleytech]

9. Relax, the tech in question cannot predict the future rather its tech that can be used for

non verbal commands by people and it has the potential to be very useful for people with diseases that prevent or limit their ability to speak and move like Stephen Hawking.

[eppur_se_muova]

4. ...

[elehhhhna]

5. I wonder if you can circumvent that action by humming

[hlthe2b]

6. the thought police will have a field day with this, as much as it would help the disabled.

[No Vested Interest]

7. Would this be useful for someone who is aphasic from a stroke?

Family member is still struggling to express herself fully, two years after a stroke.
She understands all incoming messaging.

[Boomer]

8. This would be a godsend for me

I suffered vocal cord damage after heart surgery and there's not much of my voice. This type of augmentation would be invaluable for replacing what I've lost.

[Judi Lynn]

10. Stunning. So much more is possible through this creation. Thank you for the information. n/t