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A word game to communicate in any language

Ajit Narayanan · TED

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About

While working with kids who have trouble speaking, Ajit Narayanan sketched out a way to think about language in pictures, to relate words and concepts in "maps." The idea now powers the FreeSpeech app, which can help nonverbal people communicate.

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED2013
Speaker
Ajit Narayanan
Year
2013
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Society and politics, Languages and linguistics
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
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Who can watch
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