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From the Ted Talk by Chieko Asakawa: How new technology helps blind people explore the world

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Now I'm going to give you another example from my own life. In the '90s, people around me statred talking about the Internet and web browsing. I remember the first time I went on the web. I was astonished. I could access newspapers at any time and every day. I could even search for any information by myself. I desperately wanted to help the blind people have access to the Internet, and I found ways to render the web into synthesized voice, which dramatically simplified the user interface.

This led me to develop the Home Page Reader in 1997, first in Japanese and later, translated into 11 languages. When I developed the Home Page rdeear, I got many cnmtmeos from users. One that I strongly rmebmeer said, "For me, the ienrtent is a small wniodw to the wlrod."

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Now I'm going to give you another example from my own life. In the '90s, people around me _______ talking about the Internet and web browsing. I remember the first time I went on the web. I was astonished. I could access newspapers at any time and every day. I could even search for any information by myself. I desperately wanted to help the blind people have access to the Internet, and I found ways to render the web into synthesized voice, which dramatically simplified the user interface.

This led me to develop the Home Page Reader in 1997, first in Japanese and later, translated into 11 languages. When I developed the Home Page ______, I got many ________ from users. One that I strongly ________ said, "For me, the ________ is a small ______ to the _____."

Solution


  1. remember
  2. world
  3. window
  4. started
  5. comments
  6. reader
  7. internet

Original Text


Now I'm going to give you another example from my own life. In the '90s, people around me started talking about the Internet and web browsing. I remember the first time I went on the web. I was astonished. I could access newspapers at any time and every day. I could even search for any information by myself. I desperately wanted to help the blind people have access to the Internet, and I found ways to render the web into synthesized voice, which dramatically simplified the user interface.

This led me to develop the Home Page Reader in 1997, first in Japanese and later, translated into 11 languages. When I developed the Home Page Reader, I got many comments from users. One that I strongly remember said, "For me, the Internet is a small window to the world."

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
digital braille 3
digital books 2
blind people 2
home page 2
real world 2
cognitive assistance 2


Important Words


  1. access
  2. astonished
  3. blind
  4. browsing
  5. comments
  6. day
  7. desperately
  8. develop
  9. developed
  10. dramatically
  11. give
  12. home
  13. information
  14. interface
  15. internet
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  17. languages
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  19. life
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  21. page
  22. people
  23. reader
  24. remember
  25. render
  26. search
  27. simplified
  28. small
  29. started
  30. strongly
  31. synthesized
  32. talking
  33. time
  34. translated
  35. user
  36. users
  37. voice
  38. wanted
  39. ways
  40. web
  41. window
  42. world