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Direct brain to speech translation allows patients with paralysis to communicate faster, more accurately and more expressively.

Advances in brain-computer interfaces have allowed patients with paralysis to communicate faster, more accurately and more expressively with direct brain to speech translation. Co-author of an exciting new paper in the field, bioengineer Alex Silva, tells Science in Action about his team鈥檚 work with patient Ann.

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Image Credit: Noah Berger

Presenter: Roland Pease
Producer: Ella Hubber
Editor: Richard Collings

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