Parrotron: New Research into Improving Verbal Communication for People with Speech Impairments

1 · Google AI Research · July 17, 2019, 6:17 p.m.
Posted by Fadi Biadsy, Research Scientist and Ron Weiss, Software Engineer, Google ResearchMost people take for granted that when they speak, they will be heard and understood. But for the millions who live with speech impairments caused by physical or neurological conditions, trying to communicate with others can be difficult and lead to frustration. While there have been a great number of recent advances in automatic speech recognition (ASR; a.k.a. speech-to-text) technologies, these interface...