"The device does not read brain activity, but predicts what a wearer wants to say from signals in muscles used to speak, then sends audio information back into their ear. The researchers say that their non-invasive technology could help people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and multiple sclerosis (MS) who have trouble speaking, but also want to make the devices commercially available for general use."
"The artificial intelligence (AI) neural interface called AlterEgo promises to allow users to silently communicate by just thinking words. Sitting over the ear, the device facilitates daily life through live communication with the Internet. "It gives you the power of telepathy but only for the thoughts you want to share," says AlterEgo's chief executive Arnav Kapur, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Kapur unveiled the device on 8 September."
"Silent speech Brain-computer interfaces, like those from Elon Musk's firm Neuralink,typically require electrodes to be surgically implanted in the brain to record and send signals between neurons. AlterEgo works differently. "It's using neuromuscular signals that would be used in speech, so it's like you're silently talking," says Chizeck. "The clear advantage is that it's not invasive. You don't have to put"
AlterEgo is a wearable AI neural interface that enables silent communication by predicting intended words from neuromuscular signals used in speech and returning audio to the ear. The device does not read brain activity but interprets muscle signals near the mouth to determine what a wearer intends to say. The technology aims to assist people with speech impairments from ALS and MS while also targeting commercial consumer use. The device sits over the ear and connects to the Internet for live information. Experts note the approach is non-invasive and may pose fewer privacy risks than always-listening devices, though commercial adoption remains uncertain.
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