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Rupal Patel
Associate professor of Speech Language Pathology and Audiology

Rupal Patel in the Press

Rupal Patel for Northeastern Global News

Most Americans are concerned about AI’s impact on the 2024 presidential election, Northeastern survey finds
Circular stickers that have US Flags on them and say "I Voted"

Most Americans are concerned about AI’s impact on the 2024 presidential election, Northeastern survey finds

A survey conducted by the AI Literacy Lab found that 83% of respondents are worried about the spread of misinformation in the 2024 election.
Personalized text-to-speech voices help people with speech disabilities maintain identity and social connection

Personalized text-to-speech voices help people with speech disabilities maintain identity and social connection

With text-to-speech technology that customizes voices to those who use them, professor Rupal Patel gives voices to the voiceless.
It’s here, Class of 2014: Commencement!

It’s here, Class of 2014: Commencement!

Northeastern will honor graduates as well as an accomplished group of influential leaders and scholars receiving honorary degrees on Friday at the university's 112th commencement exercises.
Give the gift of voice

Give the gift of voice

In a recent talk at TED Women, associate professor Rupal Patel announced The Human Voicebank Initiative: a crowd-sourced platform that will help give personalized synthetic voices to people with severe speech impairments.
Students raise a Google Glass to good health

Students raise a Google Glass to good health

More than 20 students in an innovative transdisciplinary course developed personal health applications for Google Glass, the wearable computer with an optical head-mounted display.
‘Never heard me before’

‘Never heard me before’

At a TEDWomen talk on Thursday, Northeastern associate professor Rupal Patel described a new project to give personalized voices to the voiceless.
Researcher gives subjects their voice

Researcher gives subjects their voice

Associate professor Rupal Patel has created a way to give people with speech disorders a personalized synthetic voice that resembles their true vocal identity.
Technology to improve health care

Technology to improve health care

Northeastern’s new doctoral program in personal health informatics — the first of its kind in the nation — will prepare students for researching and developing new technologies that can have a global impact on healthcare.