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Scenes: The Russian entrepreneur changing attitudes towards people with disabilities

Ivan Bakaidov was 15 years old when he first met Lina at school. She had a form of cerebral palsy that limited her movements and speech. Living with cerebral palsy from birth, he shared similar speech difficulties, so the Russian native decided to develop a virtual keyboard to help her communicate. Ivan was inspired by Stephen Hawking’s voice device after his grandmother read him the English physicist's biography. “Back then this programme wasn’t ​​in the public domain and it wasn’t available in Russian. So, I created a similar programme for Lina in Russian,” he explained. While developing the interface for Lina, Ivan became aware of how the device could change people’s lives, including his own. “I realised that my life would be much easier if my computer would be able to talk for me,” the 23-year-old explained. “ READ MORE : https://www.euronews.com/2021/11/08/t... Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/euronews?su... Watch our LIVE here:    / euronews   Subscribe to our thematic channels: NoComment: https://www.youtube.com/c/nocommenttv... Euronews Green: http://bit.ly/2sMsaDB Euronews Next: https://www.youtube.com/c/EuronewsNex... Euronews Travel: https://www.youtube.com/c/EuronewsTra... Euronews is available on YouTube in 12 languages:    / euronewsnetwork   #Scenes