Voice biometrics restore patient’s ability to generate speech

Despite suffering a brainstem stroke, "Ann" can speak in her own voice using a biometric avatar controlled by her mind.

Ann, whose identity is being obscured to discuss details of her experience, was paralyzed after the stroke and lost the ability to speak at the age of 30.

An implant developed by researchers at University of California, San Francisco and University of California, Berkeley uses voice and face biometrics to generate speech and expression data from Ann's brain signals, according …

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