Ajit Narayanan: A word game to communicate in any language
Ajit Narayanan: Slovní hra ke komunikaci v jakémkoliv jazyce
Ajit Narayanan is the inventor of Avaz, an affordable, tablet-based communication device for people who are speech-impaired. Full bio
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a lot of difficulty with language.
hodně obtížné používání jazyka.
k tomu, proč tomu tak je.
a všichni tomu také rozumíme.
tyto jsou již abstraktnější.
with what it started with,
není vůbec nijak spojený
that work with children with autism --
co s autistickými dětmi pracují -
Jmenuje se Avaz
together to form sentences,
"Já chci dnes večer polévku."
here that convey the meaning.
is completely meaningless.
a lot of difficulty coping with,
že jsme jím schopni
infinite amount of information,
to children with autism.
a very interesting perspective.
you want to eat ice cream?
want to eat ice cream in the evening?"
in some sense, of language.
že tento způsob reprezentace
the word "want" into "wanted."
že jsem mu nemohl zaplatit."
a vznikne nám "moci zaplatit".
Já jsem nemohl zaplatit.
Nemohl jsem zaplatit tesaři.
že jsem mu nemohl zaplatit.
interesting things about this.
kdybych nemluvil anglicky,
úplně stejně i v jiném jazyce.
different combinations of this.
interesting about FreeSpeech.
into sentences in FreeSpeech,
že tato konkrétní konfigurace,
representation into English.
the FreeSpeech Engine
FreeSpeech Engine (Motor Volné řeči),
technology for children with autism,
technologii pro autistické děti,
incredible amount of identification.
but much more effective
a zároveň efektivnější
talk to you about this idea next.
learn Japanese right now —
rozhodl naučit japonsky -
through your first language.
language with FreeSpeech,
je to velmi slibné
with millions of different children
one-dimensional sound.
in the language domain.
countless billions of websites,
and when you want to use Google,
zadáváte hesla v angličtině,
angličtinu s angličtinou.
mohli dělat ve FreeSpeech?
že algoritmy jako vyhledávání
a také mnohem efektivnější,
the data structure of speech.
datovou strukturu řeči.
the data structure of thought.
datovou strukturu myšlenky.
representation on one side,
Engine, which generates English.
který vytváří angličtinu.
language-independent.
FreeSpeech je zcela nezávislá na jazyku.
many different languages,
v jediném jazyce - FreeSpeech,
nejkrásnější lidský vynález.
that our brains have invented.
jakou naše mozky stvořily.
applications of FreeSpeech,
těch různých aplikací FreeSpeech
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ajit Narayanan - Visual grammar engine inventorAjit Narayanan is the inventor of Avaz, an affordable, tablet-based communication device for people who are speech-impaired.
Why you should listen
Ajit Narayanan is the founder and CEO of Invention Labs, and the inventor of Avaz AAC, the first assistive device aimed at an Indian market that helps people with speech disabilities -- such as cerebral palsy, autism, intellectual disability, aphasia and learning disabilities -- to communicate. Avaz is also available as an iPad app, aimed at children with autism. In 2010, Avaz won the National Award for Empowerment of People with Disabilities from the president of India, and in 2011, Narayanan was listed in MIT Technology Review 35 under 35.
Narayanan is a prolific inventor with more than 20 patent applications. He is an electrical engineer with degrees from IIT Madras. His research interests are embedded systems, signal processing and understanding how the brain perceives language and communication.
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