Mind-reading brain implant could allow paralysed to turn their thoughts into instant speech

A revolutionary new device that reads a person's thoughts and turns them into speech could soon change the lives of paralysed patients around the world.

The Neuralynx System is being developed by a team of scientists led by Professor Frank Guenther at Boston University.

Users will simply have to think of what they want to say and a voice synthesizer will translate the thoughts into speech almost immediately.

They provide our first insight into how neurons in the brain represent speech.

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23rd December 2009

This is yet another piece of evidence that our speech is related to neurons in the brain. We believe that a voice recognition system is developed in the first 8 months after birth. This is the best time to learn foreign languages. Sounds which have been programmed into the system can be produced. Sounds which have not been programmed into the system cannot be produced.

The Gifted Babies Program is based on a 5-country world tour of songs, games, stories and activities conducted in the language of the host country. Children who have gone through this program grow up more sociable, curious, intelligent and highly gifted in languages. They can speak English, Putonghua and other languages with the full details of a native speaker.