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Teen scientist’s device may grant speech to the voiceless

Teen scientist’s revolutionary speech device could grant language to the voiceless.

06/22/2016 | Rating NR

PBS News Hour

Teen scientist’s device may grant speech to the voiceless

Clip: 6/22/2016 | 4m 20s

Teen scientist’s revolutionary speech device could grant language to the voiceless.

At age nine, Arsh Shah Dilbagi asked his parents for a puppy; they gave him a Lego kit instead. Undeterred, Arsh used it to construct a dog. Now 17, the tech prodigy is still building his dreams from scratch. His latest project is a smartphone-sized device called “Talk” that converts breath into speech, a boon for the developmentally disabled. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports.

06/22/2016 | Rating NR

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