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Ruidong Zhang Works on a New Technology Dubbed the EchoSpeech

— April 11, 2023 — Lifestyle
Cornell University's doctoral student Ruidong Zhang has been working on a new technology dubbed the EchoSpeech, which is a speech recognition system. It is able to recognize up to 31 silent commands only based on facial movements and it is powered by artificially intelligent technology.

This is developed by the school's Smart Computer Interfaces for Future Interactions lab. It is only dependent on a few minutes of getting to know users before it is able to know the lip and mouth movements. Zhang explains that “For people who cannot vocalize sound, this silent speech technology could be an excellent input for a voice synthesizer. It could give patients their voices back." This way, the technology could be controlled on smartphones in order to speak to one another without sound.

Image Credit: Cornell University
Trend Themes
1. Echospeech Recognition Technology - The development of EchoSpeech recognition technology has the potential to disrupt the speech recognition and assistive technology industries.
2. Facial Movement Command Recognition - The advancement of facial movement command recognition has the potential to disrupt the wearable technology industry, with new applications for glasses and other wearable devices.
3. Artificial Intelligence-powered Silent Commands - The use of artificial intelligence-powered silent commands has the potential to disrupt the voice recognition industry, especially for individuals with vocal impairments.
Industry Implications
1. Speech Recognition Technology - The EchoSpeech technology could be a disruptive innovation to the speech recognition technology industry.
2. Assistive Technology - EchoSpeech could have significant applications in the assistive technology industry, specifically in creating voice synthesizers for those who cannot vocalize sound.
3. Wearable Technology - The facial movement command recognition could impact the wearable technology industry with integration into glasses and other wearable devices.
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