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That sounds pretty cool. I have to wonder, though, if the computer takes into account things like lighting and overall body movement.
 
very interesting find....one of my best friends is trying to learn how to lip-read and he's struggling at it.
 
CJB said:
That sounds pretty cool. I have to wonder, though, if the computer takes into account things like lighting and overall body movement.
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I would think shadows would have effect on it too. I wonder too.
 
I understand with lip reading as much as those with cochlear implants understand by listening. Training to understand more speech by lipreading can definately ease your struggles and is a great(or at least acceptable) alternative to CI or for those who can't get or don't want CI. Lipreading is another way to gain access to speech and is not inferior to sign language nor listening, but simply an alternate. Once you master lipreading, it should become as effortless as it's for those with CI to listen. If it's an effort for you, then more training will make it easier! Practice makes perfect!
 
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I understand with lip reading as much as those with cochlear implants understand by listening. Training to understand more speech by lipreading can definately ease your struggles and is a great(or at least acceptable) alternative to CI or for those who can't get or don't want CI. Lipreading is another way to gain access to speech and is not inferior to sign language nor listening, but simply an alternate. Once you master lipreading, it should become as effortless as it's for those with CI to listen. If it's an effort for you, then more training will make it easier! Practice makes perfect!
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Maybe compared to some but not people like me. You couldn't come close to what I hear with my CI compared to what you pickup via lipreading. I don't lipread in general (only when very noisy) and I don't need to see the face at all. I can carry on conversations out of line of sight and and in the dark. In fact, I use the phone a lot and listen to talk show radio all the time. I even can get many words in a song while listening. No lipreading possible with those activities.

I too was younger once and lipreading was pretty easy for the most part. It was only when I got older (later 30's and 40's) that lipreading became harder and harder. Took too much energy to lipread all the time and this was especially true when my hearing had gotten worst. The more people in a conversation the harder it was as well.

I do agree that lipreading is a tool to assist in understanding speech when one can't listen to it. I don't know why others would claim it is inferior.
 
I use lipreading all my life and am very good at it but there is many situations that I could not use it, like in group settings and in school and in college. Some people are very easy to lipread and some are not. I was rated at a very high level lipreader when I was at N.T.I.D. but I was frustrated when it does not always help. It just a tool that that is helpful in certain situations.
 
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