“It could give patients their voices back.”

EchoSpeech is just one of many recent advances in using AI for speech assistance devices.

The institute includes researchers from nine universities.

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It takes voice input, retains some aspects of that input, and transforms it into another voice.

A person in a wheelchair using a smartphone.

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