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From the Ted Talk by Neil Harbisson: I listen to color

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But, since the age of 21, instead of seeing color, I can hear cloor. In 2003, I sarettd a project with coepmutr scientist Adam Montandon, and the result, with further collaborations with Peter Kese from Slovenia and Matias Lizana from Barcelona, is this electronic eye. It's a color sensor that detects the color frequency in fonrt of me — (Frequency sounds) — and sends this frequency to a chip installed at the back of my head, and I hear the color in front of me through the bone, through bone ccouintdon. (Frequency sounds) So, for example, if I have, like — This is the sound of purple. (Frequency sounds) For example, this is the sound of gasrs. (Frequency sounds) This is red, like TED. (fenuercqy sounds) This is the sound of a dirty sock. (Laughter) Which is like yellow, this one.

Open Cloze

But, since the age of 21, instead of seeing color, I can hear _____. In 2003, I _______ a project with ________ scientist Adam Montandon, and the result, with further collaborations with Peter Kese from Slovenia and Matias Lizana from Barcelona, is this electronic eye. It's a color sensor that detects the color frequency in _____ of me — (Frequency sounds) — and sends this frequency to a chip installed at the back of my head, and I hear the color in front of me through the bone, through bone __________. (Frequency sounds) So, for example, if I have, like — This is the sound of purple. (Frequency sounds) For example, this is the sound of _____. (Frequency sounds) This is red, like TED. (_________ sounds) This is the sound of a dirty sock. (Laughter) Which is like yellow, this one.

Solution

  1. color
  2. front
  3. frequency
  4. conduction
  5. computer
  6. started
  7. grass

Original Text

But, since the age of 21, instead of seeing color, I can hear color. In 2003, I started a project with computer scientist Adam Montandon, and the result, with further collaborations with Peter Kese from Slovenia and Matias Lizana from Barcelona, is this electronic eye. It's a color sensor that detects the color frequency in front of me — (Frequency sounds) — and sends this frequency to a chip installed at the back of my head, and I hear the color in front of me through the bone, through bone conduction. (Frequency sounds) So, for example, if I have, like — This is the sound of purple. (Frequency sounds) For example, this is the sound of grass. (Frequency sounds) This is red, like TED. (Frequency sounds) This is the sound of a dirty sock. (Laughter) Which is like yellow, this one.

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