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Computer program can learn baby talk

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.

Full story at http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070725/od_nm/babytalk1_dc;_ylt=666

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