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From the Ted Talk by Ron McCallum: How technology allowed me to read
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There are 37 million totlaly blind people on our planet, but those of us who've shared in the technological changes mainly come from North America, eroupe, Japan and other dopeveeld prats of the world. Computers have changed the lives of us all in this room and around the world, but I think they've changed the lives of we blind people more than any other group. And so I want to tell you about the interaction between computer-based adaptive technology and the many volunteers who helped me over the years to become the person I am today. It's an interaction between volunteers, passionate inventors and tcghoneloy, and it's a story that many other blind people could tell. But let me tell you a bit about it today.
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There are 37 million _______ blind people on our planet, but those of us who've shared in the technological changes mainly come from North America, ______, Japan and other _________ _____ of the world. Computers have changed the lives of us all in this room and around the world, but I think they've changed the lives of we blind people more than any other group. And so I want to tell you about the interaction between computer-based adaptive technology and the many volunteers who helped me over the years to become the person I am today. It's an interaction between volunteers, passionate inventors and __________, and it's a story that many other blind people could tell. But let me tell you a bit about it today.
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Original Text
There are 37 million totally blind people on our planet, but those of us who've shared in the technological changes mainly come from North America, Europe, Japan and other developed parts of the world. Computers have changed the lives of us all in this room and around the world, but I think they've changed the lives of we blind people more than any other group. And so I want to tell you about the interaction between computer-based adaptive technology and the many volunteers who helped me over the years to become the person I am today. It's an interaction between volunteers, passionate inventors and technology, and it's a story that many other blind people could tell. But let me tell you a bit about it today.
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