# A Brain Implant Just Turned a Woman’s Thoughts Into Speech in Near Real Time

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/a-brain-implant-just-turned-a-womans-thoughts-into-speech-in-near-real-time/
- Published: 2025-04-07T09:45:00-05:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Image designed by freepik. Article by Tibi Puiu. ZME Science – updated April 2, 2025. Technical Report: Nature Neuroscience. In a California hospital, a woman who hadn’t spoken in nearly two decades silently mouthed the words, “Why did he tell you?” Moments later, a synthetic voice — trained on a single clip recorded before a stroke robbed her of speech — spoke them aloud. The words weren’t typed or selected from a menu. They came directly from her brain. Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, have unveiled a brain implant that translates thoughts into […] Click here to view original web page at www.zmescience.com