re:cognition = re:connection

We use our voice to connect with others. With a family member, spouse, a good neighbour or distant friend. We tell them we love them, ask for help, hand out compliments or chat about the weather. So our voice fulfills a basic need.

Speaking, however, does not come naturally to everyone. Some people have lost their ability to speak as a result of brain damage, and with it (part of) the connection with their environment.
re:cognition tries to restore this connection.

Using a mobile EEG - the Crown - and a smart app, thoughts are converted into text and speech. This allows people with limited speech to participate in society in the way they want. An evening out to the pub with friends, ordering a loaf of bread from the bakery.
re:cognition opens worlds that previously remained closed.

Using smart software, with AI as the driving force, brainwaves can be converted to text. re:cognition does this by detecting and recognizing patterns in brainwaves. A user "trains" the software on his or her brain activity.

re:cognition then learns what patterns emerge in the brain when a user thinks about something.

We will give an example. A re:cognition user walks into a café and is in the mood for a cup of coffee. Because the user has trained the software, it knows which brain waves belong to "coffee". And by just thinking, the user, via their smartphone app, can speak the words "I would like one cup of coffee".

The Crown^tm, a mobile EEG, was developed by American company Neurosity as a productivity tool. The device helps users concentrate and improve their focus. The Crown^tm does this by recording brainwaves. re:cognition uses these brainwaves and converts them to text and speech.

The Crown^tm is lightweight and easy to use. It weighs only 250 grams and fits on any head.

Artificial Intelligence is used to generate images, text and code. But AI technology is so powerful that it has the potential to do much more.

And also to do good.

re:cognition is using AI to make society more inclusive and ensure that people with cognitive disabilities, congenital or due to trauma, can participate a little more again.