journal article·2022-10Open access

Bioinspired dual-channel speech recognition using graphene-based electromyographic and mechanical sensors

He Tian, Xiaoshi Li, Yuhong Wei, Shourui Ji, Qisheng Yang, Guang-Yang Gou, Xuefeng Wang, Fan Wu, Jinming Jian, Hao Guo, Yancong Qiao, Yu Wang, Wen Gu, Yizhe Guo, Yi Yang, Tian-Ling Ren

Cell Reports Physical Science· Volume 3· Issue 10

Abstract

Automatic speech recognition (ASR) is helpful to improve quality of life. However, the performance of ASR degrades in the case of noisy environment, limited privacy, and speech disorders. Herein, we analyze the generation mechanism of speech and utilize dual-biological-channel for speech recognition. We also propose a dual-channel graphene-based electromyographic (EMG) and mechanical sensor (DGEMS) that can simultaneously collect two bio-signals at the same point. The EMG electrodes have better performance compared with commercial electrodes, and the mechanical sensors exhibit excellent repeatability during 10 million fatigue testing. Based on the excellent performance of EMG electrodes and mechanical sensors, 100% accuracy is achieved on digits dataset and 96.85% accuracy on a dataset containing 71 words. We also demonstrate that the DGEMS can be very resistant to noise, and the accuracy is always higher than 95%. Dual biological channels can greatly improve the performance of speech recognition in more scenarios.
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OpenAlex topics: Muscle activation and electromyography studies · Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials · EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces

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