by Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com Sights and sounds are sensory details that are absorbed by a child early on. How much of that becomes recognizable to the infant is still being debated. According to researchers from New York University (NYU), an infant’s ability to recognize speech is more advanced that previously understood. While it’s…

It’s a common phrase, “I’m talking on the phone.” But hearing on the phone is a big part of talking on the phone. “Hearing is much more than being able to hear what an individual said. We don’t hear with our ears, we hear with our brain,” said Dr. Terri Schneider. Barbara Phillips said her…

by BBC News An American scientist is to unveil details of work on the brain patterns of Prof Stephen Hawking which he says could help safeguard the physicist’s ability to communicate. Prof Philip Low said he eventually hoped to allow Prof Hawking to “write” words with his brain as an alternative to his current speech…

A decade ago you could walk into a local travel agent and tell them a holiday destination and they would find you a suitable flight and hotel package. Then came the internet where you could search for hotels and transport options yourself, cutting out the travel agent and saving yourself some money. Well now you…

by: Darleen Hartley Gloves with sensors are turning sign language gestures into the spoken word via a smartphone. Sign language is the way people with hearing loss are able to communicate with the rest of the world. A new technology is emerging for hearing individuals who don’t understand the special technique of talking with your…

by Jeremy Hsu, InnovationNewsDaily Senior Writer A group of endangered apes uses special keyboards to talk with humans at a scientific facility in Iowa. Their unusual skill is raising broad questions about language and learning, but a funding crisis threatens to shut down the unique experiment. One bonobo chimpanzee named Kanzi rose to stardom when…

Hot off the heels of a Ukranian team’s sign language translating glove winning Microsoft’s 2012 Imagine Cup, the software giant has unveiled a new language translation hub that will enable users to create entirely customizable translation engines. The Microsoft Translator Hub is capable of being taught the nuances of any language, providing a much-needed resource…

by Esther Inglis-Arkell Every time you type an email or a document, errors are likely to creep in — and no matter how carefully you proof read, you might not catch everything. Why do we have such a hard time noticing typos and repeated words? It turns out this is partly a matter of the…

by Marie-Louise Olson A state-of-the-art medical scanner will help scientists unveil the secrets of how the brain processes languages. The magneto-encephalography machine, which was unveiled yesterday at the inauguration of New York University Abu Dhabi’s Neuroscience of Language Laboratory, will be able to analyze language processes in the brain faster and more efficiently than current…

In a blog post today, AT&T SVP for technology and network operations John Donovan made the official announcement that the API for Watson (the company’s proprietary voice-recognition software that transcribes spoken words into text) are now open to and available for app developers to access. Donovan noted that Watson API can be used for app…