Imagine walking into a doctor’s clinic to get that cut on your tongue, that’s not healing, examined. The biopsy confirms the presence of cancerous cells. In the next meeting with your oncologist, your worst nightmare comes true - the doctor informs you that 2/3rd of your tongue will be removed which would lead to loss of voice. Millions of people around the world lose their voice every year due to diseases such ALS, oral cancers, etc. Question arises, can technology help these patients get their voice back? If you’ve watched the movie ‘Theory of Everything’, the first image that would pop into your mind when we say ‘artificial voice box’ would be that of Stephen Hawking using his ‘text to speech’ machine to deliver lectures in a ‘robotic’ voice. Now, imagine, 100s of patients using the same ‘robotic’ voice to communicate with no intonation and no eloquence. Your voice is unique to you and is a part of your ide...
