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Artificial tongue mimics human speech

By David Robson

23 July 2008

Video: Researchers have created an artificial tongue to help them find out more about how a mouth produces sounds.

THE pink, fleshy tongue curls up and down inside the bare skull’s jaws as it talks, as if mouthing a silent prayer. This is no excerpt from a bad horror film, but an animatronic tongue designed to improve the accuracy of speech-recognition software.

“The tongue is designed to improve speech-recognition software”

Existing systems are only reliable if people talk in a steady, uniform manner. In reality, speech varies depending on where you are and…

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