Samsung has released a new application called Impulse App that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and can help those with speech impairments. Impulse was created in partnership with the Speechcare & Stuttering Centre to enhance speech fluency using rhythmic wrist vibrations together with the Galaxy Watch6 smartwatch. The Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 series and Android smartphones can both use the Impulse app.
Samsung Electronics has announced the release of Impulse, an AI-based application designed to enhance the daily experiences of individuals with speech impairments, including stuttering. As per the company after it has done extensive investigation and analysis, Samsung and Cheil have created a common solution for thousands of different causes of speech pathologies. These causes were previously treated separately, but “rhythm therapy,” a proven speech therapy technique to create a subconscious compass in the brain that improves linguistic fluency.
Impulse has the support of A Sociedade Portuguesa de Terapia da Fala in Portugal and the Association of Speech Therapists of Spain. Impulse app is an application for Android phones and the range of Galaxy Watch6 smart watches and other compatible devices which uses an algorithm based on natural language processing to analyse and convert words into rhythmic vibrations. This creates a sensory pattern on the user’s wrist that functions as an invisible and silent assistant.
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In accordance with the specifics of the patient’s condition, the smartwatch notifies the user of the tempo of each phoneme or word. The user knows their own speech rhythm, which allows them to avoid blocks in diction and facilitate fluency in their speech through this physical support through vibration.
Users will be able to complete questionnaires to provide all the details that will allow the solution to offer personalised assistance adapted to each case. After setting it up with this data, the user will turn on a haptic metronome, which will provide their wrists with a rhythmic basis and which will transform the vibration into neural impulses in the part of the brain that deals with speech.
More than 250 rhythm and tone exercises—whose difficulty increases as the user gains proficiency in speech control—will be available in the Impulse app. There will be four modes with three levels of exercises Boost your voice, Boost your rhythm, Boost your tone and Boost your speech that will allow you to practise words or phrases as well as the intonation required to support fluid speech in conversations.
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The app will be available for free download in Spain from the Play Store for Android 10 and higher smartphones, and compatible Galaxy Watch6 smartwatches.
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