Category Archives: Language

Speaking, learning and studying language and communication.

Writing With Photos

Posted on June 20, 2005 by Premasagar

So, it’s possible to spell words with Flickr photos, eh? Kastner‘s created a little gizmo to do just this from the photos of Flickr’s countless users. » Respell Dharmasphere, or… Spell your own: (on Kastner’s Flickrtext site) (Refresh the resulting … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Language, Photos | 2 Comments

Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar’s Birthday

Posted on May 23, 2005 by Premasagar

Today is the first full moon in May, a traditionally auspicious day known as “Ananda Purnima” (the blissful full-moon). On this day in 1921, Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar was born in Jamalpur, India. His early work as a railway clerk betrayed … Continue reading →

Posted in Art & Creativity, Language, Politics, Science, Society, Spiritual, Thoughts of PR Sarkar | 26 Comments

Humans, Bots and language

Posted on April 18, 2005 by Roshnii

I had a brief chat with my linguistics professor today about the feasablility of teaching a robot to speak like a human being.

Posted in Artificial Intelligence, Linguistics | 4 Comments

Language & Learning

Posted on March 21, 2005 by Premasagar

Isn’t language incredible?! The human mouth and vocal cords can be manipulated with such precision to emit sound waves that another individual can discern and then decipher, to comprehend the feelings and ideas of the speaker. And the written word … Continue reading →

Posted in Artificial Intelligence, Linguistics | 1 Comment