http://www.newsweek.com/brain-implant-translates-thoughts-words-faster-1841046

A new technology that is able to translate our brain signals into speech has been developed by a team of neuroscientists, neurosurgeons and engineers at Duke University in North Carolina.

The device—known as a speech prosthetic—is significantly faster than the best speech-decoding technologies available today. It offers hope to patients who have lost their ability to speak.