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Speech is a right,
not a privilege

A world where everyone can speak with hands-free EL.

This device hasn't been sold yet.

NEWS

2023.02.28

Japanese news sites (mynavi-news and withnews) featured us. (Written in Japanese)

2023.02.27

We received donation from bellsystem24, inc.

2022.10.03

ZEROICHI featured us. (Written in Japanese)

2022.07.13

InnoUvators featured us.

2022.05.23

The article in MedicalExpo "From AI to Robots: Japan’s Advancing Agetech" featured us.

2022.04.16

2022.04.15

2022.03.29

Asian Productivity Organization features us on YouTube

2022.03.23

2022.02.18

NIKKEI newspaper featured us. (Written in Japanese)

2022.01.26

The official SNS account of the Government of Japan featured us.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JapanGov/videos/688069485695957/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JapanGov/status/1484538908163866624

2021.11.17
Japanese TV program featured us.
2021.08.24

Japanese magazine featured us. (Written in Japanese)

2021.08.11
flasko Web article featured us. (Written in Japanese)
2021.07.20
NHK TV program featured us.
2021.07.12
JHeC2021 Finalist interview is published. (Written in Japanese)
2021.06.08
2021.05.24
Takram Cast featured us. (Written in Japanese)
2021.05.13
TBS radio program featured us. (Written in Japanese)
2021.04.27
Solasto online featured us.(Written in Japanese)
2021.04.23
RikeLab Online Article featured us. (Written in Japanese)
2021.04.14
Appeared in TV Tokyo" Change the world".
2021.02.19
2021.02.12
Woman's lab article featured us. (Written in Japanese)
2021.02.12
Syrinx appeared in the Emi Makino's book, Innovation Makers.
2021.01.28
We won the grand prize on METI JHeC 2021(Detailed report)。
2020.12.17
We won the sony prize at WIRED CREATIVE HACK AWARD 2020.
2020.12.05
We won the grand prize at GUGEN2020.
2020.12.04
2020.11.19
UK interiors and design magazine dezeen featured us.
2020.11.05
Japanese Engineer magazine MONOist featured us. (Written in Japanese)
2020.10.15
2020.10.09
Japanese Online Media, bouncy featured us.
2020.09.17
We won the highest award in Japan at James Dyson Award.
2020.07.14
We are featured on Microsoft Cloud Developer Channel Youtube Video.
2020.06.18
We took part in the DMM.make AKIBA event.
2020.06.18
2020.06.10
Chip One Stop Online Exhibition 2020 Spring / We gave an online lecture in "Introduction of companies of note from the University of Tokyo who are using Chip One Stop".
2020.05.28
Our story ran in the Inverse.
2020.05.20
We are in the Top3 team in Microsoft ImagineCup World Final.
2020.04.30
We were introduced on Todai To Texas 2020 web page (Written in Japanese).
2020.04.21
We took part in "a LINK-J special event"(Written in Japanese).
2020.04.02
We were featured in a Japanese TV show, "Nikkei Plus 10, TV Tokyo ".
2020.03.16

Due to the influence of coronavirus, SXSW2020, which was scheduled to be exhibited, has disappeared.

2020.02.19
We Won the Microsoft Imagine Cup Asian Regional Final (Listed as NUTONE, which is the former team name).

CONCEPT

Syrinx is a new type of EL (electrolarynx) which uses machinine learning.

Approximately 300,000 people worldwide lose their voices every year due to causes such as laryngeal cancer. In Japan, 4,000 people fall a year. People who have lost their larynx or vocal cords cannot produce sound like others. And communicating with others is essential to living a daily life.

One way to get your voice back is through a machine called an electrolarynx (EL). One hand is blocked when talking using EL. Moreover, it produces only a monotonous robot-like sound. This cylindrical design has not changed for more than 20 years.

To solve these problems, we made Syrinx, a new type of hands-free EL. The neck-brace design ables the hands-free usage.

ABOUT

To generate a more user-like voice we worked on the vibration pattern of the device. These patterns highly depended on the user's voice. So we used voice processing tools to generate the vibration patterns from the user's voice.

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TEAM

Masaki Takeuchi

Leader / Engineer

Kunhak Lee

Engineer

Jaesol Ahn

Engineer

Yuki Ogasawara

Engineer

Soichiro Shido

Engineer

Yutaro Soejima

Researcher

Mizuki Araki

Engineer

Karin Kiho

Designer

ADVISOR

Ifukube Tohru

先端研研究顧問

Takamichi Shinnosuke

東京大学大学院情報理工学系研究科講師

Ueha Rumi

東京大学摂食嚥下センター准教授

COLLABORATORS

We are working with the Ginreikai, a support group for laryngectomies.

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竹内雅樹
竹内雅樹
3 years ago

Syrinx、本日12月4日金曜日の13時ごろに上記のコンタクトフォームからお問い合わせいただいた方のメールアドレスが間違えていたみたいです。もしよろしければもう一度送っていただけますでしょうか。

Masaki Takeuchi
Masaki Takeuchi
1 year ago

本日2月22日水曜日の12時20分ごろに上記のコンタクトフォームからお問い合わせいただいた方のメールアドレスが間違えていたみたいです。もしよろしければメールアドレスにメールを直接送っていただけますでしょうか。