Stephen Hawking can envision forces in the universe that most can't even fathom—unfortunately with the current technology, he can only convey about a word a minute.
Intel has worked on the tech that drives Hawking's speech program for over a decade.
It works by Hawking twitching his cheek in time to a continually scrolling cursor as he selects one letter at a time.
He used to be quicker, but his deteriorating condition has left him with a slow pace of choosing words.
Intel's CTO thinks they can do better and are determined to help the ailing genius.
The plan is to use Hawking's other facial expressions and use those to be able to construct sentences at a more rapid pace.
A decent word predictor could also bring Hawking's speech up to five to ten words per minute.
