Neuroprosthetic speech: The ethical significance of accuracy, control and pragmatics by Rainey, S, Maslen, H, Megevand, P, Arnal, L, Fourneret, E, Yvert, B

“…<p>Neuroprosthetic speech devices are an emerging technology that can offer the possibility of communication to those who are unable to speak. …”

Speaker responsibility for synthetic speech derived from neural activity by Rainey, S

“…This paper provides analysis of the mechanisms and outputs involved in language-use mediated by a neuroprosthetic device. It is motivated by the thought that users of speech neuroprostheses require sufficient control over what their devices externalise as synthetic speech if they are to be thought of as responsible for it, but that the nature of this control, and so the status of their responsibility, is not clear.…”

‘A steadying hand’: Ascribing speech acts to users of predictive speech assistive technologies by Rainey, S

“…Neuroprosthetic speech technologies are in development for patients suffering profound paralysis, such as can result from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). …”