An AI throat choker gives voice back to stroke patients
Researchers just revealed a wearable AI smart choker that turns faint throat vibrations and pulse signals into fluent speech for stroke patients with dysarthria. Instead of invasive brain implants, flexible textile sensors capture silent mouthing and feed data to an LLM agent that expands brief efforts into emotionally attuned sentences. Why it matters: It offers a practical, non-invasive alternative to slow eye-tracking systems, though it is still in small-scale testing.