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From the Ted Talk by Ajit Narayanan: A word game to communicate in any language

Unscramble the Blue Letters

I want to lavee you with this. This is a photograph of my collaborators, my earliest collaborators when I started working on language and auitsm and various other things. The girl's name is Pavna, and that's her mother, kanlapa. And Pavna's an entrepreneur, but her sroty is much more remarkable than mine, because Pavna is about 23. She has quadriplegic cerebral plsay, so ever since she was born, she could neither move nor talk. And everything that she's accomplished so far, finishing school, going to college, starting a company, collaborating with me to develop Avaz, all of these things she's done with nothing more than moving her eyes.

Open Cloze

I want to _____ you with this. This is a photograph of my collaborators, my earliest collaborators when I started working on language and ______ and various other things. The girl's name is Pavna, and that's her mother, _______. And Pavna's an entrepreneur, but her _____ is much more remarkable than mine, because Pavna is about 23. She has quadriplegic cerebral _____, so ever since she was born, she could neither move nor talk. And everything that she's accomplished so far, finishing school, going to college, starting a company, collaborating with me to develop Avaz, all of these things she's done with nothing more than moving her eyes.

Solution

  1. leave
  2. story
  3. autism
  4. kalpana
  5. palsy

Original Text

I want to leave you with this. This is a photograph of my collaborators, my earliest collaborators when I started working on language and autism and various other things. The girl's name is Pavna, and that's her mother, Kalpana. And Pavna's an entrepreneur, but her story is much more remarkable than mine, because Pavna is about 23. She has quadriplegic cerebral palsy, so ever since she was born, she could neither move nor talk. And everything that she's accomplished so far, finishing school, going to college, starting a company, collaborating with me to develop Avaz, all of these things she's done with nothing more than moving her eyes.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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collocation frequency
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incredible amount 2
started thinking 2
infinite amount 2
eat ice 2
interesting idea 2

Important Words

  1. accomplished
  2. autism
  3. avaz
  4. born
  5. cerebral
  6. collaborating
  7. collaborators
  8. college
  9. company
  10. develop
  11. earliest
  12. entrepreneur
  13. eyes
  14. finishing
  15. kalpana
  16. language
  17. leave
  18. mother
  19. move
  20. moving
  21. palsy
  22. pavna
  23. photograph
  24. quadriplegic
  25. remarkable
  26. school
  27. started
  28. starting
  29. story
  30. talk
  31. working