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UCSF Scientists Translate Brain Signals to Words on a Screen

UCSF Scientists Translate Brain Signals to Words on a Screen

KQED's Forum

July 16, 202115m 40s

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Show Notes

In a major breakthrough, scientists at UC San Francisco developed technology to decode words from the brain activity of a paralyzed man who is unable to speak and translate them to text that appears on a screen. The technology, known as a “speech neuroprosthesis,” may hold promise for the thousands of people each year who lose speech owing to a stroke, accident or disease. We’ll talk to the researchers about their achievement.

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