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Researchers Convert Mouth Movements Into Speech

Posted by samzenpus on from the mouthing-of-the-future dept.

andylim writes "According to Cellular News, researchers at Germany's Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have developed a method for mobile phones to convert silent mouth movements into speech. As recombu.com points out, the 'potential for secret conversations just got huge.' You could pass the time by making phone calls from the cinema without disturbing anyone. In noisy places like bars and clubs you could make yourself heard without having to shout."

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  1. Re:tap-proof? by Dice · · Score: 4, Interesting

    According to my ASL instructor, lip readers are rarely more than 50% accurate. Which makes me wonder about the alleged capabilities of this software, honestly.

  2. Psssshhhttt. Losers. by The+Wild+Norseman · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Any serious geek has one of these.

    --
    "A government is a body of people usually -- notably -- ungoverned." -Shepherd Book
  3. Re:non german/american performance? by deniable · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Try it with older people from the bush. They speak without opening their mouth to keep the flies out. Some move the lips but keep the teeth together.

  4. 15 years ago, with desktop workstations by BoydWaters · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Fifteen (!) years ago, I took a UC Extension class on Neural Networks taught by Stanford professor David Stork. He had developed a lip-reading system for communication in noisy environments, such as an airplane-repair facility. If you could do it 15 years ago with workstation-class desktops, I suppose you could do it with a smartphone today.