Avatar Communication

Visual mouth and jaw movement can improve speech intelligibility because the brain integrates visual and auditory information. Avatar feedback may help users learn speech neuroprosthetic control faster by making feedback resemble natural speech and expression. Human communication includes facial expressions and mouth movements, not just text or audible speech. Text output alone is only a partial restoration of communication for speech neuroprosthetic users. A more complete speech neuroprosthetic could decode attempted speech movements and facial expressions to drive an animated avatar.