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UC Davis BCI Restores ALS Patient's Voice in Real-Time

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UC Davis's brain-computer interface (BCI) enables a man with ALS to 'speak' again by translating brain signals into speech with 97% accuracy. This breakthrough allows real-time conversation, turning silent thoughts into audible words, effectively creating a digital vocal tract with no detectable delay.

The BCI system, developed at UC Davis Health, involves implanting sensors into the brain's speech coordination area. These sensors interpret neural activity when the user attempts to speak, converting it into text that is then vocalized by a computer. This technology offers hope for individuals who have lost their ability to speak due to neurological conditions.

Remarkably, the system achieved 99.6% word accuracy with a 50-word vocabulary after just 30 minutes of training, and maintained 97.5% accuracy with a 125,000-word vocabulary after further data collection.

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