Ajit Narayanan: A word game to communicate in any language
Ajit Narayanan: ကျွန်တော့် ဘာသာစကားနဲ့ ဆက်သွယ်ဖို့အတွက် စကားလုံး ဂိမ်း တစ်ခု
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.
with what it started with,
that work with children with autism --
together to form sentences,
here that convey the meaning.
is completely meaningless.
a lot of difficulty coping with,
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.
ဘာသာစကားရဲ့ အားနည်းချက် တစ်ခုပါပဲ။
the word "want" into "wanted."
interesting things about this.
ဒါနဲ့ ပတ်သက်ပြီး စိတ်ဝင်စားစရာ ကောင်းတာ ရှိပါတယ်။
different combinations of this.
interesting about FreeSpeech.
into sentences in FreeSpeech,
representation into English.
the FreeSpeech Engine
မိတ်ဆက်ရေး နှင့် အင်ဂျင်ကို ပေါင်းလိုက်လျက်၊
technology for children with autism,
incredible amount of identification.
but much more effective
talk to you about this idea next.
learn Japanese right now —
through your first language.
language with FreeSpeech,
with millions of different children
one-dimensional sound.
in the language domain.
countless billions of websites,
and when you want to use Google,
the data structure of speech.
the data structure of thought.
representation on one side,
တင်ဆက်ထားပုံ ရှိနေပါတယ်
Engine, which generates English.
Engine ရှိနေပါတယ်။
language-independent.
many different languages,
that our brains have invented.
applications of 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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