New throat patch can turn muscle movements into speech

A small, stretchy patch converts the movements of the larynx muscles into electrical signals, which are in turn translated into speech by a machine learning algorithm, a form of AI. — AFP Relaxnews

A new adhesive patch could one day help people with voice disorders speak again by using artificial intelligence to read the movements of their throat muscles and turn them into speech, researchers said.

The small, stretchy patch is powered solely by the muscle movements, the US-based researchers revealed in a study in Nature Communications.