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Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.85,0:00:16.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was about 3 or 4 years old
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.51,0:00:22.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember my mom reading a story\Nto me and my two big brothers.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.96,0:00:26.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I remember putting up my hands\Nto feel the page of the book,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.98,0:00:30.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to feel the picture \Nthey were discussing.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.61,0:00:36.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my mom said, \N"Darling, remember that you cannot see
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.20,0:00:39.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you cannot feel the picture
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.12,0:00:41.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you cannot\Nfeel the print on the page."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.07,0:00:43.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I thought to myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.79,0:00:45.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"But that is what I want to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.61,0:00:49.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love stories, I want to read!"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.96,0:00:52.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Little did I know
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.02,0:00:54.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I would be part\Nof a technological revolution
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.53,0:00:57.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would make that dream \Ncome true.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.35,0:01:01.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was born premature \Nby about 10 weeks
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.65,0:01:04.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which resulted in my blindness
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.15,0:01:05.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some 64 years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.25,0:01:09.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The condition is known\Nas retrolental fibroplasia,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.18,0:01:12.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it is now very rare\Nin the developed world.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.98,0:01:14.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Little did I know
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.52,0:01:20.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lying curled up\Nin my prim baby humidicrib in 1948
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.72,0:01:22.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I had been born
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.08,0:01:25.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the right place \Nand the right time,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.07,0:01:27.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I was in a country
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.48,0:01:32.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I could participate\Nin a technological revolution.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.94,0:01:38.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are 37 million \Ntotally blind people on our planet,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.60,0:01:41.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but those of us who shared\Nin the technological changes
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.48,0:01:45.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mainly come from North America, \NEurope, Japan\N
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.20,0:01:48.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and other developed parts of the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.21,0:01:53.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Computers have changed the lives of us all\Nin this room and around the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.08,0:01:55.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I think they have changed\Nthe lives of we, blind people,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.88,0:01:58.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more than any other group.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.42,0:02:01.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I want to tell you\Nabout the interaction
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.47,0:02:04.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between computer-based\Nadaptive technology
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.98,0:02:09.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the many volunteers\Nwho helped me over the years
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.66,0:02:12.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to become the person I am today.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.98,0:02:18.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is an interaction between volunteers,\Npassionate inventors and technology
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.30,0:02:21.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it is a story that many other \Nblind people could tell,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.22,0:02:25.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but let me tell you a bit about it today.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.62,0:02:29.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was 5, I went to school\Nand I learned Braille.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.45,0:02:33.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is an ingenious system of 6 dots \Nthat are punched into paper
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.68,0:02:36.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I can feel them with my fingers.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.11,0:02:40.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, I think they are putting up\Nmy grade 6 report.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.21,0:02:42.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do not know where \NJulian Morrow got that from
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.82,0:02:44.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.42,0:02:46.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was pretty good in reading,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.29,0:02:51.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but religion and musical appreciation\Nneeded more work.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.29,0:02:52.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.96,0:02:54.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you leave the opera house
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.93,0:02:58.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will find this Braille signage\Nin the the lifts.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.28,0:02:59.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look for it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.78,0:03:01.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you noticed it?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.95,0:03:04.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do, I look for it all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.69,0:03:06.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.08,0:03:09.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was at school,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.36,0:03:12.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the books were transcribed\Nby transcribers,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.39,0:03:15.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,voluntary people who punched \N1 dot at a time,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.18,0:03:16.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I'd have volumes to read,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.100,0:03:19.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then it had been going on,\Nmainly by women,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.22,0:03:22.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since the late 19th century \Nin this country,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.09,0:03:24.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it was the only way \NI could read.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.92,0:03:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was in high school,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.80,0:03:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got my first Philips \Nreel-to-reel tape recorder,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.92,0:03:32.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and tape recorders became\N
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.36,0:03:35.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my sort of pre-computer \Nmedium of learning.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.60,0:03:39.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could have family and friends\Nread me material,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.82,0:03:43.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I could then read it back\Nas many times as I needed.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.41,0:03:47.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it brought me into contact\Nwith volunteers and helpers.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.12,0:03:49.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.23,0:03:54.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I studied at graduate school\Nat Queen's University in Canada,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.97,0:03:58.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the prisoners at the Collins Bay jail\Nagreed to help me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.66,0:04:01.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I gave them a tape recorder\Nand they read into it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.53,0:04:02.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As one of them said to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.74,0:04:05.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Ron, we are not going anywhere \Nat the moment."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.75,0:04:07.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.25,0:04:09.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But think of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.14,0:04:13.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These men who had not had\Nthe educational opportunities I had
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.46,0:04:18.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,helped me gain\Npostgraduate qualifications in law
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.75,0:04:21.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by their dedicated help.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.15,0:04:23.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I went back
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.20,0:04:26.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and became an academic\Nat Melbourne Monash University,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.45,0:04:30.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the first 25 years\N
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.50,0:04:33.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tape recorders were everything to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.41,0:04:39.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, in my office in 1990,\NI had 18 miles of tape.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.60,0:04:46.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Students, family and friends,\Nall read me material.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.28,0:04:48.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mrs Lois Dory,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.82,0:04:51.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whom I later came to call \Nmy surrogate mom,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.60,0:04:55.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,read me many thousands \Nof hours onto tape.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.56,0:04:57.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the reasons\NI agreed to give this talk today
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.94,0:05:00.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was that I was hoping \Nthat Lois would be here
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.34,0:05:03.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I could introduce you to her\Nand publicly thank her,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.30,0:05:08.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but sadly her health has not\Npermitted her to come today,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.48,0:05:12.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I thank you here Lois\Nfrom this platform.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.98,0:05:23.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.52,0:05:33.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saw my first Apple Computer in 1984\Nand I thought to myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.36,0:05:37.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This thing has got a glass screen,\Nnot of much use to me."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.03,0:05:38.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.66,0:05:42.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How very wrong I was!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.65,0:05:47.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 1987, in the month \Nour eldest son Gerrard was born,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.32,0:05:49.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got my first blind computer,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.60,0:05:51.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it is actually here.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.84,0:05:54.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See it up there?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.06,0:05:59.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you see it has no–,\Nwhat do you call it? No screen.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.82,0:06:02.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.14,0:06:04.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a blind computer.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.94,0:06:06.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.16,0:06:09.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a Keynote Gold 84K,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.91,0:06:13.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the 84K stands for\Nit had 84 kilobytes of memory.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.76,0:06:16.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.87,0:06:19.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do not laugh, it cost me\N4000 dollars at the time!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.78,0:06:21.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.01,0:06:24.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think there is more memory \Nin my watch.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.46,0:06:26.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.56,0:06:28.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was invented by Russell Smith,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.46,0:06:32.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a passionate inventor in New Zeland\Nwho was trying to help blind people.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.54,0:06:36.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sadly ,he died in a large \Nplane crash in 2005,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.05,0:06:38.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but his memory lives on \Nin my heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.58,0:06:41.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It meant for the first time
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.34,0:06:44.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could read back\Nwhat I had typed into it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.82,0:06:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It had a speech synthesiser.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.56,0:06:51.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had written my first co-authored\Nlabor law book on a typewriter in 1979
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.20,0:06:52.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,purely from memory.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.83,0:06:58.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This now allowed me\Nto read back what I had written
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.06,0:06:59.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to enter the computer world,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.69,0:07:02.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even with the 84 KB of memory.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.89,0:07:05.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 1974,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.32,0:07:08.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the great Ray Kurzweil,\Nthe American inventor,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.32,0:07:10.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,worked on building a machine
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.04,0:07:13.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would scan books\Nand read them out in synthetic speech.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.64,0:07:18.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Optical character recognition units\Nthen only operated usually on 1 font,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.19,0:07:24.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but by using charged-coupled device\Nflatbed scanners and speech synthesizers
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.54,0:07:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he developed a machine \Nthat could read any font.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.06,0:07:32.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And his machine,\Nwhich was as big as washing machine
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.68,0:07:36.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was launched\Non the 13th of January 1976.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.17,0:07:39.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saw my first \Ncommercially available Kurzweil
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.35,0:07:41.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in March of 1989,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.54,0:07:42.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it blew me away.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.70,0:07:45.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in September of 1989,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.48,0:07:50.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the month that my associate professorship\Nof Monash University was announced,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.90,0:07:54.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the law school got one,\Nand I could use it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.48,0:07:58.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the first time I could read\Nwhat I wanted to read
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.60,0:08:00.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by putting a book on the scanner.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.26,0:08:02.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did not have to be nice \Nto people.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.83,0:08:05.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.49,0:08:07.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I no longer would be censored,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.50,0:08:08.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for example,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.96,0:08:10.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was too shy then,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.39,0:08:12.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I am actually too shy now,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.27,0:08:15.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to ask anybody to read me outloud\Nsexually explicit material.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.86,0:08:18.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.85,0:08:23.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know, I could pop a book on\Nin the middle of the night and–.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.14,0:08:25.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.52,0:08:30.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.97,0:08:38.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, the Kurzweil reader is simply \Na programme on my laptop,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.28,0:08:39.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is what it shrank to.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.91,0:08:41.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now I can scan the latest novel
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.81,0:08:43.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not fight to get it \Ninto talking libraries.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.11,0:08:46.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can keep up with my friends.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.60,0:08:50.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are many people \Nwho helped me in my life
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.35,0:08:53.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and many that I have not met.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.06,0:08:56.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One is another American inventor,\NTed Henter.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.74,0:08:59.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ted was a motorcycle racer,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.10,0:09:02.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in 1978 he had a car accident\Nand lost his sight.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.49,0:09:06.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just devastating if you are trying \Nto ride motorbikes.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.08,0:09:06.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.01,0:09:09.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He then turned to \Nbeing a water skier\N
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.71,0:09:13.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and was a champion \Ndisabled water skier.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.56,0:09:19.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in 1989 he teamed up with Bill Joyce\Nto develop a programme
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.20,0:09:22.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would read out\Nwhat was on the computer screen
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.18,0:09:24.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the net or from \Nwhat was on the computer.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.52,0:09:27.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is called JAWS,\NJob Access With Speech,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.93,0:09:29.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it sounds like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.59,0:09:41.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Fast voice synthesizer speech)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.55,0:09:42.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isn't that slow?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.04,0:09:44.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.36,0:09:46.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, if I read like that,\NI would fall asleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.69,0:09:47.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I slowed it down for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.86,0:09:50.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am going to ask that we play it \Nat the speed I read it.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.88,0:09:53.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you play it that one?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.43,0:10:07.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Voice synthesizer speech faster)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.86,0:10:09.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.43,0:10:11.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, when you are \Nmarking student essays,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.63,0:10:13.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you want to get through them \Nvery quickly.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.61,0:10:14.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.44,0:10:19.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.66,0:10:26.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This technology\Nthat fascinated me in 1987
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.03,0:10:29.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is now on my iPhone\Nand on yours as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.20,0:10:31.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.26,0:10:35.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I find reading with machine\Na very lonely process.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.20,0:10:40.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I grew up with family, \Nfriends, reading to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.63,0:10:45.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I love the warmth and the breath\Nand the closeness of people reading.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.80,0:10:47.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you love being read to?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.45,0:10:51.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one of my most endearing memories\N
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.31,0:10:53.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is in 1999,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.61,0:10:58.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mary reading to me and the children\Ndown New Manly Beach,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.91,0:11:01.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.36,0:11:04.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it not a great book?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.73,0:11:07.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I still love being close to someone\Nreading to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.57,0:11:09.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I would not give up \Nthe technology
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.60,0:11:13.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it has allowed me \Nto lead a great life.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.84,0:11:18.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course talking books for the blind\Npredated all this technology.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.88,0:11:23.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After all the long playing record\Nwas developed in the early 1930's
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.66,0:11:29.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now we put talking books\Non CDs using the digital access system
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.26,0:11:31.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,know as 'DAISY'.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.84,0:11:35.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when I am reading \Nthe synthetic voices,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.26,0:11:38.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love to come home\Nand read a racy novel
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.13,0:11:39.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a real voice.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.52,0:11:41.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.20,0:11:46.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, there are still barriers\Nin front of people with disabilities.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.13,0:11:50.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many websites we cannot read\Nusing JAWS and the other technologies.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.49,0:11:54.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Websites are often very visual\Nand there are all these sorts of graphs
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.03,0:11:56.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are not labelled, \Nand buttons that are not labelled,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.97,0:12:00.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is why \Nthe world wide web consortium 3,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.68,0:12:03.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,known as W3C,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.55,0:12:07.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has developed world wide standards\Nfor the Internet
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.93,0:12:12.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we want all internet users,\Nor internet site owners,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.70,0:12:16.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make their sites compatible\Nso that we persons without vision
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.57,0:12:19.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can have a label playing field.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.32,0:12:23.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are other barriers\Nbrought about by our laws.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.31,0:12:28.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, Australia,\Nlike about 1/3 of the world's countries,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.84,0:12:33.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has copyright exceptions\Nwhich allow books to be Brailled
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.46,0:12:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or read for we, blind persons.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.98,0:12:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But those books cannot travel\Nacross borders.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.13,0:12:40.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.03,0:12:43.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Spain, there are 100,000 \Naccessible books in Spanish.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.87,0:12:46.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Argentina, there are 50,000.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.43,0:12:49.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In no other Latin American country\Nare there more than a couple of thousand,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.12,0:12:53.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it isn't legal to transport the books \Nfrom Spain to Latin America.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.53,0:12:57.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are hundreds of thousands\Naccessible books
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.81,0:13:00.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the US, Britain, \NCanada, Australia and etc.,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.95,0:13:03.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they cannot be transported \Nto the 60 countries in our world
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.95,0:13:06.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where English is the first \Nor a second language.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.50,0:13:09.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember I was telling you \Nabout Harry Potter?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.56,0:13:12.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, because we cannot transport \Nbooks across borders
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.71,0:13:17.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there had to be separate versions read\Nin all the English speaking countries,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.73,0:13:21.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Britain, United States, \NCanada, Australia and New Zeland,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.45,0:13:25.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all had to have\Nseparate readings of Harry Potter.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.45,0:13:28.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is why \Nnext month in Morocco
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.71,0:13:31.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a meeting is taking place\Nbetween all the countries.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.22,0:13:35.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is something that a group of countries\Nand the World Blind Union are advocating:
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.09,0:13:36.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a cross-border treaty.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.84,0:13:39.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that if books are available \Nunder a copyright exception
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.91,0:13:42.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the other country \Nhas a copyright exception,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.11,0:13:44.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can transport those books \Nacross borders
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.48,0:13:47.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and give life to people \Nparticularly in developing countries,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.76,0:13:50.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,blind people who do not have \Nthe books to read.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.51,0:13:53.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want that to happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.90,0:14:01.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.86,0:14:07.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My life has been extraordinary blessed\Nwith marriage and children
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.18,0:14:10.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and certanily interesting work to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.73,0:14:13.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether it be\Nat the University of Sidney Law School
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.58,0:14:15.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I served a term as dean,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.46,0:14:18.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or now as I sit on \Nthe United Nations committee
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.26,0:14:21.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the Rights of Persons \Nwith Disabilities in Geneva,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.50,0:14:25.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have indeed been \Na very fortunate human being.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.71,0:14:29.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wonder what the future will hold.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.78,0:14:32.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The technology will advance even further.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.51,0:14:37.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I can still remember my mom\Nsaying 60 years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.07,0:14:42.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Remember darling, you will never be able\Nto read the print with your fingers."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.91,0:14:47.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am so glad, that the interaction \Nbetween Brailles for transcribers,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.82,0:14:51.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,volunteer readers\Nand passionate inventors
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.38,0:14:54.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has allowed this dream of reading\Nto come true for me
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.62,0:14:57.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for blind people throughout the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.52,0:15:00.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I woud like to thank \Nmy researcher Hannah Martin,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.92,0:15:02.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is my slide clicker,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.76,0:15:04.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she clicks the slides,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.24,0:15:07.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my wife, \Nprofessor Mary Crock,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.08,0:15:09.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is the love of my life \Nand is coming on to collect me,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.83,0:15:10.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to thank her too.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.97,0:15:12.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think I have to say good bye now.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.72,0:15:13.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bless you!
Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.64,0:15:14.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.74,0:15:16.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.28,0:15:17.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hey!
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.56,0:15:18.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.63,0:15:19.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughs)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.54,0:15:26.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause continuing)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.29,0:15:30.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh! Hey!
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.86,0:15:41.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)