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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.70,0:00:03.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I saw Hellen Keller first,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.74,0:00:06.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she was 6 years and 8 months old.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.15,0:00:10.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She had been blind and deaf,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.91,0:00:13.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and mute since her 19th month,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.44,0:00:17.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the result of an illness.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.39,0:00:21.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She had no way of communicating
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.89,0:00:23.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with those around her,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.34,0:00:26.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except a few imitative signs
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.91,0:00:29.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that she had made for herself.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.02,0:00:34.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A push meant go and a pull meant come, and so on.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.92,0:00:38.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She had observed that we did not use the hands
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.38,0:00:42.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we were talking to each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.12,0:00:45.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I let her see,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.12,0:00:47.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by putting her hand on my face
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.41,0:00:50.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how we talked with our mouths.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.90,0:00:53.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She felt the vibrations
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.82,0:00:56.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the spoken word
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.33,0:00:59.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instantly, she spelled
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.88,0:01:01.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to talk with my mouth.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.23,0:01:05.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That seemed impossible.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.11,0:01:08.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But after experimenting
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.11,0:01:09.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a time,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.22,0:01:12.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we found that
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.38,0:01:15.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,placing her hand in this position,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.76,0:01:20.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the thumb resting on the throat, right at the larnyx
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.48,0:01:24.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first finger on the lips, the second on the nose,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.19,0:01:28.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we found that she could feel
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.96,0:01:31.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the vibrations of spoken words.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.04,0:01:35.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For instance,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.55,0:01:38.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the throat, she feels the "g", the hard "g"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.57,0:01:41.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[pronounces the hard g sound, helen echoes] guh, guh
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.75,0:01:42.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on the lips, she feels the, uh,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.83,0:01:45.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the the "k" sound,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.19,0:01:47.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[pronouncing the k sound, helen echoing] kuh, kuh
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.88,0:01:49.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the lips, she feels the , uh, "b"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.13,0:01:53.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[pronouncing the b sound, helen echoes] buh,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.75,0:01:57.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the second finger on the nose, the nasal sounds
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.21,0:02:00.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the "nnn" [Helen echoes "nnn"]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.79,0:02:03.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first word
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.71,0:02:06.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she learned to articulate
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.29,0:02:10.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was the little word, "it".
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.77,0:02:13.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With the hand in this position,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.74,0:02:16.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I made vowel, "ihh" (helen echoes) "ihh"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.97,0:02:21.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She felt it, "ihh" (Helen echoes "ihh")
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.01,0:02:25.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I made the "t", "thh" (Helen echos) "thh"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.05,0:02:28.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She feels it with the finger on her lip.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.03,0:02:31.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on my lips.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.81,0:02:33.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I put the two letters together,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.16,0:02:37.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to form word, "it"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.36,0:02:40.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Helen) It.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.96,0:02:42.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the first word was learned.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.30,0:02:46.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After her seventh lesson,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.90,0:02:48.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she was able to speak the sentence,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.55,0:02:51.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,word by word,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.83,0:02:57.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I - am - not - dumb - now. [Helen echoes word by word]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.83,0:02:58.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Captions by Captionwire.com]