"Tells that scientists are communicating with apes by teaching
them sign language and to use a talking typewriter or computer.
Points out that in teaching the chimpanzee language, knowledge is
gained which can be used to help teach language to the mentally
retarded and to brain-damaged children." Originally broadcast
as part of the CBS television program 60 Minutes. --
"One of the oldest dreams is that we might one day communicate
with species other than our own. The dream no longer seems impossible
for in a few universities scientists are communicating with apes."
"Dr. Roger Foutes is teaching chimpanzees at the Institute
for Primate Studies to learn sign language. Dr. Tim Gill joins Lana,
a chimpanzee at the Yerkes
Primate Center in Atlanta, Georgia, to use a computer to communicate;
while at the Georgia Retardation Center a brain-damaged girl talks
by using the same conversation board developed for the Lana project.
Penny Patterson, a psychologist at Stanford University has taught
Koko to communicate with people through a typewriter that translates
the keys hit by Koko into voiced language." -- McGraw-Hill