Silent-speech smart glasses startup ditches EMG over positioning and sweat issues

Arnkum_Avar · x · 2026-10-14

A founder shares that their team is building smart glasses for silent speech; the earlier under-chin wearable was just an early experimental prototype. They have abandoned EMG because electrode positioning and perspiration make it impractical.

The thread also notes that the cutting edge of silent speech lives at startups with little public info, and points to IR patents now held by Apple.

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