Cortexa is an intent-based communication system for people with severe motor disabilities who are cognitively intact but unable to speak.
Explore how it works ↗People with ALS, stroke, spinal cord injury, and muscular dystrophy lose the ability to speak while retaining full cognitive function. Existing systems force them to type letter-by-letter — slow, exhausting, and emotionally limiting.
Communication becomes a bottleneck between what they think and what they can express.
Current systems force users to convert thoughts into letters. Cortexa instead converts intent directly into language.
A complete system: purpose-built hardware powered by an AI software stack.
Precision gaze detection for intent capture
Environment-aware visual input for context understanding
On-device compute for real-time AI inference
Private suggestion display for user confirmation
Lightweight, mountable design for any setup
Scene understanding and object recognition
LLM-based contextual message generation
Natural voice output with customizable voice
Adaptive learning from user communication patterns
Replace keyboards, touchscreens, and manual input systems with intent-driven interaction. Communication at the speed of thought.
Join our mission ↗We're building communication at the speed of thought. Be among the first to experience Cortexa.