Ajit Narayanan: A word game to communicate in any language
Aджийт Нарайанан: Игра с думи, за да общуваме на всички езици
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.
и начина, по който звучи,
with what it started with,
that work with children with autism --
които работят с деца с аутизъм --
together to form sentences,
here that convey the meaning.
is completely meaningless.
a lot of difficulty coping with,
с който всички боравим,
infinite amount of information,
to children with autism.
a very interesting perspective.
което детето искаше да каже,
you want to eat ice cream?
Искаш ли да ядеш сладолед?
want to eat ice cream in the evening?"
в последователност,
in some sense, of language.
в известен смисъл, на езика.
the word "want" into "wanted."
за да кажем "може да плати".
interesting things about this.
different combinations of this.
interesting about FreeSpeech.
into sentences in FreeSpeech,
в изречения на "Свободна реч"
representation into English.
the FreeSpeech Engine
technology for children with autism,
технология за деца с аутизъм,
incredible amount of identification.
на "Свободна реч",
but much more effective
talk to you about this idea next.
learn Japanese right now —
through your first language.
language with FreeSpeech,
чрез "Свободната реч"
with millions of different children
one-dimensional sound.
in the language domain.
countless billions of websites,
and when you want to use Google,
и когато искаш да използваш Гугъл,
the data structure of speech.
the data structure of thought.
representation on one side,
Engine, which generates English.
language-independent.
many different languages,
that our brains have invented.
което умовете ни са измислили.
applications of FreeSpeech,
Благодаря ви. (Аплодисменти)
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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