Neuralink Releases Speech Restoration Data: ALS Participant Reaches 75 Words Per Minute in First Week

October 29: Neuralink posted on X to release early data on speech restoration, stating that its brain-computer interface has enabled participants with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) to achieve speech-to-text and speech output at conversational speed. One participant reached 75 words per minute in the first week, with a word error rate (WER) of 5.8% across a vocabulary of 125,000 words. The data was presented by Dr. Nader Pouratian at the 2026 NEALS annual meeting.