三一文库()/演讲致辞/英语演讲稿TED英语演讲稿:科技如何帮我阅读简介:科技改变世界,但它更为盲人的生活带来前所未有的便利。
联合国残疾人权利委员会主席ronmccallum自幼失明。
1987年,他拥有了第一台盲人专用电脑。
由于有了电脑,有声读物(talkingbooks)和志愿者们的帮助,他成为了一个贪婪的阅读者,同时也成为了一名律师和学者。
wheniwasaboutthreeorfouryearsold,iremembermymu mreadingastorytomeandmytwobigbrothers,andireme mberputtingupmyhandstofeelthepageofthebook,tof eelthepicturetheywerediscussing.andmymumsaid,"darling,rememberthatyoucantseean dyoucantfeelthepictureandyoucantfeeltheprinton thepage."andithoughttomyself,"butthatswhatiwanttodo.ilovestories.iwanttoread."littledidiknowthatiwoul dbepartofatechnologicalrevolutionthatwouldmake thatdreamcometrue.iwasbornprematurebyabout10weeks,whichresultedi nmyblindness,some64yearsago.theconditionisknow nasretrolentalfibroplasia,anditsnowveryrareint hedevelopedworld.littledidiknow,lyingcurledupi nmyprimbabyhumidicribin1948thatidbeenbornatthe rightplaceandtherighttime,thatiwasinacountrywh ereicouldparticipateinthetechnologicalrevoluti on.thereare37milliontotallyblindpeopleonourplanet ,butthoseofuswhovesharedinthetechnologicalchan gesmainlycomefromnorthamerica,europe,japanando putershavechan gedthelivesofusallinthisroomandaroundtheworld, butithinktheyvechangedthelivesofweblindpeoplem orethananyothergroup.andsoiwanttotellyouaboutt heinteractionbetweencomputer-basedadaptivetechnologyandthemanyvolunteerswhohelpedmeovertheye arstobecomethepersoniamtoday.itsaninteractionb etweenvolunteers,passionateinventorsandtechnol ogy,anditsastorythatmanyotherblindpeoplecouldt ell.butletmetellyouabitaboutittoday.wheniwasfive,iwenttoschoolandilearnedbraille.i tsaningenioussystemofsixdotsthatarepunchedinto paper,andicanfeelthemwithmyfingers.infact,ithi nktheyreputtingupmygradesixreport.idontknowwhe rejulianmorrowgotthatfrom.(laughter)iwaspretty goodinreading,butreligionandmusicalappreciatio nneededmorework.(laughter)whenyouleavetheoperahouse,youllfindtheresbrail lesignageinthelifts.lookforit.haveyounoticedit ?ido.ilookforitallthetime.(laughter)wheniwasatschool,thebooksweretranscribedbytran scribers,voluntarypeoplewhopunchedonedotatatimesoidhavevolumestoread,andthathadbeengoingon,m ainlybywomen,sincethelate19thcenturyinthiscoun try,butitwastheonlywayicouldread.wheniwasinhig hschool,igotmyfirstphilipsreel-to-reeltapereco rder,andtaperecordersbecamemysortofpre-compute rmediumoflearning.icouldhavefamilyandfriendsre admematerial,andicouldthenreaditbackasmanytime sasineeded.anditbroughtmeintocontactwithvolunt eersandhelpers.forexample,whenistudiedatgradua teschoolatqueensuniversityincanada,theprisoner satthecollinsbayjailagreedtohelpme.igavethemat aperecorder,andtheyreadintoit.asoneofthemsaidt ome,"ron,weaintgoinganywhereatthemoment."(laughter)butthinkofit.thesemen,whohadnthadtheeducationa lopportunitiesidhad,helpedmegainpost-graduateq ualificationsinlawbytheirdedicatedhelp.well,iwentbackandbecameanacademicatmelbournesm onashuniversity,andforthose25years,taperecorderswereeverythingtome.infact,inmyofficein1990,i had18milesoftape.students,familyandfriendsallr eadmematerial.mrs.loisdoery,whomilatercametoca llmysurrogatemum,readmemanythousandsofhoursont otape.oneofthereasonsiagreedtogivethistalktoda ywasthatiwashopingthatloiswouldbeheresoicouldi ntroduceyoutoherandpubliclythankher.butsadly,h erhealthhasntpermittedhertocometoday.butithank youhere,lois,fromthisplatform.(applause)isawmyfirstapplecomputerin1984,andithoughttomy self,"thisthingsgotaglassscreen,notmuchusetome ."howverywrongiwas.in1987,inthemonthoureldests ongerardwasborn,igotmyfirstblindcomputer,andit sactuallyhere.seeitupthere?andyouseeithasno,wh atdoyoucallit,noscreen.(laughter)itsablindcomp uter.(laughter)itsakeynotegold84k,andthe84ksta ndsforithad84kilobytesofmemory.(laughter)dontl augh,itcostme4,000dollarsatthetime.(laughter)i thinktheresmorememoryinmywatch.itwasinventedbyrussellsmith,apassionateinvento rinnewzealandwhowastryingtohelpblindpeople.sad ly,hediedinalightplanecrashinXX,buthismemoryli vesoninmyheart.itmeant,forthefirsttime,icouldr eadbackwhatihadtypedintoit.ithadaspeechsynthes izer.idwrittenmyfirstcoauthoredlaborlawbookona typewriterin1979purelyfrommemory.thisnowallowe dmetoreadbackwhatidwrittenandtoenterthecompute rworld,evenwithits84kofmemory.in1974,thegreatraykurzweil,theamericaninventor ,workedonbuildingamachinethatwouldscanbooksand readthemoutinsyntheticspeech.opticalcharacterr ecognitionunitsthenonlyoperatedusuallyononefon t,butbyusingcharge-coupleddeviceflatbedscanner sandspeechsynthesizers,hedevelopedamachinethat couldreadanyfont.andhismachine,whichwasasbigas awashingmachine,waslaunchedonthe13thofjanuary, 1976.isawmyfirstcommerciallyavailablekurzweili nmarch1989,anditblewmeaway,andinseptember1989, themonththatmyassociateprofessorshipatmonashuniversitywasannounced,thelawschoolgotone,andico ulduseit.forthefirsttime,icouldreadwhatiwanted toreadbyputtingabookonthescanner.ididnthavetob enicetopeople!(laughter)inolongerwouldbecensored.forexample,iwastooshy then,andimactuallytooshynow,toaskanybodytoread meoutloudsexuallyexplicitmaterial.(laughter)bu t,youknow,icouldpopabookoninthemiddleofthenigh t,and--(laughter)(applause)now,thekurzweilreaderissimplyaprogramonmylapto p.thatswhatitsshrunkto.andnowicanscanthelatest novelandnotwaittogetitintotalkingbooklibraries .icankeepupwithmyfriends.therearemanypeoplewhohavehelpedmeinmylife,andm anythatihaventmet.oneisanotheramericaninventor tedhenter.tedwasamotorcycleracer,butin1978heha dacaraccidentandlosthissight,whichisdevastatingifyouretryingtoridemotorbikes.hethenturnedtob eingawaterskierandwasachampiondisabledwaterski er.butin1989,heteamedupwithbilljoycetodevelopa programthatwouldreadoutwhatwasonthecomputerscr eenfromthenetorfromwhatwasonthecomputer.itscal ledjaws,jobaccesswithspeech,anditsoundslikethi s.(jawsspeaking)ronmccallum:isntthatslow?(laughter)yousee,ifireadlikethat,idfallasleep. isloweditdownforyou.imgoingtoaskthatweplayitat thespeedireadit.canweplaythatone?(jawsspeaking)(laughter)rm:youknow,whenyouremarkingstudentessays,youwa nttogetthroughthemfairlyquickly.(laughter)(applause)thistechnologythatfascinatedmein1987isnowonmyi phoneandonyoursaswell.but,youknow,ifindreading withmachinesaverylonelyprocess.igrewupwithfami ly,friends,readingtome,andilovedthewarmthandth ebreathandtheclosenessofpeoplereading.doyoulov ebeingreadto?andoneofmymostenduringmemoriesisi n1999,maryreadingtomeandthechildrendownnearman lybeach"harrypotterandthephilosophersstone."is ntthatagreatbook?istilllovebeingclosetosomeone readingtome.butiwouldntgiveupthetechnology,bec auseitsallowedmetoleadagreatlife.ofcourse,talkingbooksfortheblindpredatedallthi stechnology.afterall,thelong-playingrecordwasd evelopedintheearly1930s,andnowweputtalkingbook soncdsusingthedigitalaccesssystemknownasdaisy. butwhenimreadingwithsyntheticvoices,ilovetocom ehomeandreadaracynovelwitharealvoice.nowtherearestillbarriersinfrontofwepeoplewithdisabilities.manywebsiteswecantreadusingjawsand theothertechnologies.websitesareoftenveryvisua l,andthereareallthesesortsofgraphsthatarentlab eledandbuttonsthatarentlabeled,andthatswhythew orldwidewebconsortium3,knownasw3c,hasdeveloped worldwidestandardsfortheinternet.andwewantalli nternetusersorinternetsiteownerstomaketheirsit escompatiblesothatwepersonswithoutvisioncanhav ealevelplayingfield.thereareotherbarriersbroug htaboutbyourlaws.forexample,australia,likeabou tonethirdoftheworldscountries,hascopyrightexce ptionswhichallowbookstobebrailledorreadforwebl indpersons.butthosebookscanttravelacrossborder s.forexample,inspain,therearea100,000accessibl ebooksinspanish.inargentina,thereare50,000.inn ootherlatinamericancountryaretheremorethanacou pleofthousand.butitsnotlegaltotransportthebook sfromspaintolatinamerica.therearehundredsoftho usandsofaccessiblebooksintheunitedstates,brita in,canada,australia,etc.,buttheycantbetranspor tedtothe60countriesinourworldwhereenglishisthe firstandthesecondlanguage.andrememberiwastellingyouaboutharrypotter.well,becausewecanttransp ortbooksacrossborders,therehadtobeseparatevers ionsreadinallthedifferentenglish-speakingcount ries:britain,unitedstates,canada,australia,and newzealandallhadtohaveseparatereadingsofharryp otter.andthatswhy,nextmonthinmorocco,ameetingistakin gplacebetweenallthecountries.itssomethingthata groupofcountriesandtheworldblindunionareadvoca ting,across-bordertreatysothatifbooksareavaila bleunderacopyrightexceptionandtheothercountryh asacopyrightexception,wecantransportthosebooks acrossbordersandgivelifetopeople,particularlyi ndevelopingcountries,blindpeoplewhodonthavethe bookstoread.iwantthattohappen.(applause)mylifehasbeenextraordinarilyblessedwithmarriag eandchildrenandcertainlyinterestingworktodo,wh etheritbeattheuniversityofsydneylawschool,whereiservedatermasdean,ornowasisitontheunitednati onscommitteeontherightsofpersonswithdisabiliti es,ingeneva.iveindeedbeenaveryfortunatehumanbe ing.iwonderwhatthefuturewillhold.thetechnologywill advanceevenfurther,buticanstillremembermymumsa ying,60yearsago,"remember,darling,youllneverbe abletoreadtheprintwithyourfingers."imsogladtha ttheinteractionbetweenbrailletranscribers,volu nteerreadersandpassionateinventors,hasallowedt hisdreamofreadingtocometrueformeandforblindpeo plethroughouttheworld.idliketothankmyresearcherhannahmartin,whoismys lideclicker,whoclickstheslides,andmywife,profe ssormarycrock,whosthelightofmylife,iscomingont ocollectme.iwanttothankhertoo.ithinkihavetosaygoodbyenow.blessyou.thankyouve rymuch.(applause)yay!(applause)okay.okay.okay.okay.ok ay.(applause)相关内容Ted英语演讲稿:BeanOpportunityMaker机会创造者TED英语演讲稿:四种影响我们的声音方式TED英语演讲稿:我们为什么快乐?Ted英语演讲稿:HowIheldmybreathfor17minutes如何憋气17TED英语演讲稿:如何在社交网络溅起水花TED英语演讲稿:坠机让我学到的三件事TED英语演讲稿:解密爱情与出轨TED英语演讲稿:我们为什么要睡觉TED英语演讲稿:如何跟压力做朋友TED英语演讲稿:探寻美式中餐的由来。