[EDLING:315] Computer program can learn baby talk

[Francis M. Hult]

Reuters

Computer program can learn baby talk

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A computer program that learns to decode sounds from 
different languages in the same way that a baby does helps to shed new light on 
how people learn to talk, researchers said on Tuesday.

They said the finding casts doubt on theories that babies are born knowing all 
the possible sounds in all of the world's languages.

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