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For individuals who have congenital or acquired speech impairments, communicating with those around them can be very tough. Now, a team of experts believes it's on the right track towards developing a solution that will enable these people to talk to others just like before.
A new system being developed at the... |
1 February 2012
04:15 GMT |
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Apple’s latest iOS version made quite a splash when launched last fall, due to a new service included into the mix, capable of offering users the possibility to actively interact with their devices via speech, namely Siri. While owners of devices powered by other mobile OSes out there are looking at Siri wit... |
3 January 2012
16:11 GMT |
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In a new study, investigators from the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris, France, managed to determine the specific brain abnormality that underlies the development of dyslexia. The team learned that auditory signal processing pathways display a glitch that is the most likely cause of the condition. The findings are... |
23 December 2011
03:54 GMT |
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Neelie Kroes, vice-president of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda, stated at the Forum d'Avignon that the fight against piracy is not at all effective, large sums of money being spent in vain.
According to TorrentFreak, Kroes doubts that the current copyright system is the best way of p... |
21 November 2011
10:28 GMT |
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Steve Jobs once famously said that "Death ... clears out the old to make way for the new,” and that it was "Life’s change agent." But that’s not all he said during that famous speech at Stanford University in 2005. He also sparked an exciting new prospect into the “hearts” of the graduat... |
6 October 2011
09:01 GMT |
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One of the most important things that allows us to recognize voices is noticing how each person pronounces words in a subtly-different way. Researchers have now determined that people who suffer from dyslexia do not have this ability, making it harder for them to recognize other voices.This is what experts refer to a... |
29 July 2011
06:05 GMT |
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Scientists have recently determined that toddlers who learn to speak later than usual are not necessarily at higher risk of suffering from behavioral or emotional problems than their peers who learn how to speak at a younger age. Previous studies indicated that late speakers tended to suffer from such disorders later... |
4 July 2011
09:16 GMT |
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For the first time ever, people implanted with a new device were capable to moving a cursor on a computer screen by the power of words and thought alone. The difference from other brain-computer interfaces (BCI) is that the new approach uses sounds exclusively to perform the link.As such, one could argue that the peo... |
8 April 2011
08:25 GMT |
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At the Oscars 2011 last night, actress Natalie Portman was honored by the Academy with the Best Actress statuette for her part as a ballerina in “Black Swan.” Below is a video of her acceptance speech. The actress, who is now pregnant with her first child, took to the stage to receive the Oscar from Jeff ... |
28 February 2011
05:17 GMT |
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A team of experts has produced a new mathematical model to explain how vocal folds produce sounds and speech. This may help other researchers develop better prosthetic devices for people who find it difficult to speak, or who have problems doing so on account of disorders affecting their larynx. Most people take voca... |
22 November 2010
03:24 GMT |
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Novel human and animal studies released yesterday at Neuroscience 2010, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, reveal the complex brain wiring used in the communication process.The research gives insight into the way that the brain processes and produces sounds, language and accents, but also into the br... |
17 November 2010
06:37 GMT |
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Parents of pre-school children that have poorly developed speech and language skills shouldn't worry too much, because the pre-school language intervention program, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, which took place in 15 institutions in Yorkshire, was a major success.Under 'The Language 4 Reading' pr... |
2 November 2010
11:40 GMT |
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The easiest way to find out whether you and your current partner are a match made in heaven is to listen to the way he or she speaks – if the speech pattern and the language match yours, you’re set.A new study authored by James Pennebaker and cited by the Daily Mail reveals that couples that are perfect m... |
5 October 2010
16:11 GMT |
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Experts investigating the behavior of babies have recently demonstrated that infants love a beat. According to the new research, small children tend to get up and dance, bouncing up and down every time they hear rhythms, but this does not happen when they hear speech. The results of the study could mean that infants ... |
16 March 2010
05:26 GMT |
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Vlingo Corporation has announced the release of its updated voice-focused application, Vlingo. The application provides users with the ability to send email and text messages simply by speaking into their iPhone, while the new version builds on these powerful features, adding new capabilities. Vlingo delivers up to ... |
4 March 2010
03:44 GMT |
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Are you a big fan of audiobooks and podcasts? Have you ever thought of producing one all by yourself? Or do you simply enjoy listening to a warm voice reading you stories before going to bed at night, or helping you discover how certain words should be pronounced in a foreign language? Well, I am not talking about y... |
28 February 2010
12:31 GMT |
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Children who play a musical instrument are apparently able to distinguish sounds much better in a noisy environment, and also tend to be better at detecting the subtle changes in the tone of a person they are conversing with. Researchers believe that this increased ability comes from the fact that music can enhance t... |
22 February 2010
15:01 GMT |
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A new investigation has demonstrated that singing may be helping stroke patients recover some use of their brain when it comes to communicating with others. Experts say that the speech center of the human brain is separate from the area dealing with singing, and that, therefore, patients who lost the former can boost... |
22 February 2010
04:22 GMT |
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Nuance Communications Inc. acquired MacSpeech, the leading provider of speech-recognition solutions for Mac OS X and Macintosh computers, the company said in a report today. Nuance will thus be able extend the Dragon NaturallySpeaking family of products to what it calls “a growing community of Mac users” ... |
16 February 2010
10:36 GMT |
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Over the past century or so, scientists have been wondering how it is that our emotions and thoughts can modify our expressions. This may seem natural, and indeed it is, but the mechanism behind this ability, or drawback as some call it, is still a mystery. A new investigation has recently determined that changing fa... |
1 February 2010
06:58 GMT |
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In spite of the great variation of cultures and populations on the planet, there are some types of non-verbal communications that researchers believe transcend all barriers. They argue that, even if you visit the most primitive tribe in the deepest jungle of the world, the people there will understand if you sob, yel... |
26 January 2010
05:10 GMT |
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Mariah Carey finally got the acceptance and praise she’s been looking for ever since she first decided to have a go with acting, when her part in “Precious” was awarded with the Breakthrough Artist at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. At this year’s People’s Choice Awards, th... |
8 January 2010
04:02 GMT |
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Improving communication between human beings is one of the main goals in science today, mostly because such an ability would allow us to avoid countless conflicts. Research in this area has been ongoing for many years, and considerable progress has been made until now. Just recently, a group of specialists managed to... |
6 January 2010
15:11 GMT |
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English researchers in London have recently determined in a new study that our motor systems, which govern movements, tend to activate themselves automatically when we hear speech. They say that these newly found data could help experts understand and fight against a large number of speech difficulties in the near fu... |
23 December 2009
14:01 GMT |
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Scientists at the Duke University believe they may have found the answer to why musical perception is associated with various moods and emotions, and vice-versa, something that music producers have known for a long time. Any musician knows that minor chords sound sad and depressing, whereas major ones sound happy and... |
3 December 2009
05:47 GMT |
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A large number of people who cannot talk have ended up in their current situation on account of accidents and infections, which have affected their larynx and vocal folds. Now, researchers in South Africa are working on a new medical device, which could see many of these individuals regaining their ability to speak, ... |
3 December 2009
03:42 GMT |
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Over millions of years, our species has developed an increasingly complex vocal apparatus, which has now placed us at the top, in terms of speech performance. While most higher mammals have the ability to produce sounds, such as roars and pearls, using their vocal chords, none of them is capable of generating articul... |
1 December 2009
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In a recent set of studies, investigators have finally found one of the most important genes in our bodies, the one that determines our ability to formulate and understand speech. The gene, called FOXP2, can be found in all humans, but lacks in chimpanzees, other primates and big apes. It is a transcription factor, w... |
12 November 2009
04:58 GMT |
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In many European countries, adding subtitles in a foreign movie in the native tongue of their residents is a standard norm. Experts who devised this system many years ago said that this would help the masses get to know a second language, by creating associations between the words and the text. But a new investigatio... |
11 November 2009
08:37 GMT |
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Words and gesture may seem to be two distinct sets of communication tools, and someone would expect that they are processed in different parts of the brain. However, this does not seem to be the case, as indicated by a new scientific study funded by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders... |
10 November 2009
14:31 GMT |
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Rihanna may be only 21 but, as far as accomplishments go, she has more under her belt than many other female stars twice her age. Her music gets constant airplay and whatever she touches instantly turns to gold. However, what’s more important, Rihanna is also a good role model for young girls and women all over... |
10 November 2009
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In a find that could have massive implications for handling people suffering from speech disorders, experts at the Yale-affiliated Haskins Laboratories have determined that learning how to speak also changes the way sounds are heard in the human brain. The discovery, which is detailed in this week's issue of the... |
3 November 2009
15:01 GMT |
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A collaboration between German and British experts, from the Leipzig Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, and the Wellcome Trust Center for Neuroimaging, respectively, has recently yielded a new class of algorithms that their creators hope will make computers able to recognize spoken language ... |
15 August 2009
04:56 GMT |
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Nuance Communications, Inc. announced on Monday that it had joined hands with the Symbian Foundation, a move that would offer it the possibility to work on the development of innovative mobile solutions so as to simplify and enhance the handset based on the Symbian platform. The OS, as many of you might already know,... |
21 July 2009
09:44 GMT |
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In a new groundbreaking study, experts have managed to demonstrate that cotton-top tamarins are able to identify the words in which syllables are placed in an incorrect order. The find holds a great significance for studying the origin of language, and especially for its non-verbal components, which the scientists sa... |
8 July 2009
08:31 GMT |
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A few hours ago, the world paid a last tribute to the man who has often been referred to as the King of Pop, the ultimate entertainer and the black artist whose passing has left a void no one will ever be able to fill. The two-hour ceremony at Staples Center in Los Angeles was a celebration of the life of Michael Jac... |
8 July 2009
02:34 GMT |
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Back in 1969, when the Apollo mission landed on the Moon, Neil Armstrong uttered his famous phrase “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” upon setting foot on the lunar soil for the first time. Now, a linguist shows that the astronaut also meant to place an “a” before the word &l... |
4 June 2009
10:01 GMT |
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MacSpeech, Inc. has announced MacSpeech Dictate 1.5, the first upgrade to its premier speech-recognition solution for the Mac. The update, immediately available for download, now introduces a Vocabulary Editor, new English profile options, and an enhanced accuracy, to highlight a few new features. Using the new Voca... |
15 May 2009
08:42 GMT |
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People familiar with the latest Mac OS X 10.5.7 test build (9J34) say the next maintenance and security update to Leopard should arrive with updated speech support. While there are no specific details at this time, OS X 10.5.7 is said to pack enhancements to the speech dictionary, probably increasing emphasis on synt... |
24 March 2009
03:56 GMT |
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President Barack Obama's Inauguration ceremony was thus far the largest news event broadcast via video feeds by all the top sites on the web, and was watched by tens of millions worldwide. A partial reason for this was the fact that the midday ceremony couldn't be watched by many people, because they were a... |
21 January 2009
08:46 GMT |
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Google is providing iPhone owners with means to search everything they could possibly want through speech. An update to the free Google Mobile App will enable it to sense when the user wants to do a voice search, through the built in accelerometer, according to an YouTube demonstration of the app. A NY Times report ... |
17 November 2008
10:03 GMT |
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The last Neanderthals may have gone extinct in their last stronghold in Gibraltar 24,000 years ago, but we still can hear their voice. At least, a computer made a variant of it, in an attempt of a team led by Robert McCarthy, an anthropologist at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, as signaled by New Scientist... |
17 April 2008
05:19 GMT |
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The complex human speech is one of the most important traits that differentiate us from animals. It relies on our large brains, however it is not a question of size but of brain wiring, as showed by a new research published in "Nature Neuroscience." Since the 19th century, the Broca nucleus in the frontal cortex and ... |
27 March 2008
06:14 GMT |
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Until a machine will read your thoughts, a first step has been made: New Scientists signals the development of a neckband that decodes your nerve signals into speech. For the first time, you could make a phone call without opening your mouth.A trained individual can transmit motor messages to its vocal cords without ... |
19 March 2008
06:12 GMT |
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Let's face it: men come from Mars, women from Venus. Women hear from a conversation just words like shopping, money, jewel, gold, diamond, spending, and so on. Men hear just sex, football, boobs, a**, beer, chicks and so on. A new study published in "Neuropsychologia" comes with another element to the overwhelmi... |
14 March 2008
05:32 GMT |
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The human brain has a nucleus that differentiates human speech from background sounds. A new research published in "Nature Neuroscience" shows that monkeys too have such a nucleus that reacts selectively to the voices of other monkeys. This is a step further on understanding the neural basis of voice recognition and ... |
13 February 2008
04:53 GMT |
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Speech is perhaps what makes us different from apes. They can have some degree of logics, but this is boosted to astronomic values in humans by speech. Speech is made of two sets of symbols: words and grammar, rules through which words are combined in phrases expressing precise links between objects and events. "John... |
12 January 2008
07:53 GMT |
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The complex human speech is perhaps the main trait that puts us apart from apes. For example, chimps have the same mental addition ability like humans, while speech allows humans counting and advanced calculations.Human speech have been linked to two brain nuclei controlling the language (articulating control, data s... |
20 December 2007
05:35 GMT |
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The left cortical hemisphere realizes this through an acoustical technique named "simultaneous masking", which enables the brain to distinguish one sound even when it comes together with competing sounds and noises. Also named frequency masking, the process often takes place when two or more sounds with a similar fre... |
19 November 2007
04:05 GMT |
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In movies, machines and people can read your mind. Till we achieve that, a first step could be done, which would be quite a breakthrough: translate the thoughts of a paralyzed person into speech in a pioneering experiment. Jonathan Brumberg from Boston University revealed the results of his team at the meeting of the... |
16 November 2007
05:45 GMT |
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