Speech is a right,
not a privilege
A world where everyone can speak with hands-free EL.
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
NHK WORLD BIZ STREAM featured us.
2022.04.15
Stanford Social Innovation Review featured us.
2022.03.29
Asian Productivity Organization features us on YouTube
2022.03.23
CNN Vital signs with Dr. Sanjay Gupta featured us.
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
Japanese magazine featured us. (Written in Japanese)
Due to the influence of coronavirus, SXSW2020, which was scheduled to be exhibited, has disappeared.
CONCEPT
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
Kunhak Lee
Jaesol Ahn
Yuki Ogasawara
Soichiro Shido
Yutaro Soejima
Mizuki Araki
Karin Kiho
ADVISOR
Ifukube Tohru
RCAST Adviser
Takamichi Shinnosuke
Associate Professor of Keio University
Ueha Rumi
Associate Professor of Swallowing Center, The University of Tokyo Hospital
COLLABORATORS
We are working with the Ginreikai, a support group for laryngectomies.
We would like to get your feedback about our product.
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