http://scientificaesthetic.com/2009/04/27/the-lipreading-computer-that-couldnt/ Integrating the Arts and Science Wed, 16 May 2012 15:55:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://scientificaesthetic.com/2009/04/27/the-lipreading-computer-that-couldnt/#comment-633 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:56:09 +0000 http://sciaes.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/the-lipreading-computer-that-couldnt/#comment-633 Those are excellent questions, Kimberley! If you sensed you were under surveillance, would you then “fake” a speech impediment to throw off the trackers? Or would you wear a mask to prevent lipreading and Swine Flu? Or might you just carry around a baseball mitt and “talk behind it” like all the pro players?

]]> http://scientificaesthetic.com/2009/04/27/the-lipreading-computer-that-couldnt/#comment-632 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:09:49 +0000 http://sciaes.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/the-lipreading-computer-that-couldnt/#comment-632 I am wondering how those who suffer from a speech impediment are going to be able to utilize this invention? What happens if you are tongue tied and stutter? Can this grand invention distinguish the distorted sounds from someone with such a disability? How smart is this technology? Does it help or only hinder those who may benefit most from it’s capabilities?
It certainly is a valiant idea … but I think that’s all there is to it. Someone’s dreaming out loud!
I realize that in this new age of technology many inconceivable creations have become very much a common thread in our daily lives. However, this is reaching out there pretty far … way out there!

]]> http://scientificaesthetic.com/2009/04/27/the-lipreading-computer-that-couldnt/#comment-631 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:36:37 +0000 http://sciaes.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/the-lipreading-computer-that-couldnt/#comment-631 It is absolutely impossible, Gordon. So much money will be spent on achieving the impossible. I showed the original research to Janna and she just laughed. To think of one day using “lip reading” as a surveillance tactic for the police is ridiculous and, frankly, scary.
It’s funny that TV stations would hire Deaf people to read Ronald Reagan’s lips — he always spoke to the Press under the blades of his active helicopter and they couldn’t hear him — when the most expert lip readers are actually Hearing People. The more “hearing” you have, the better you can read lips because you have so much more direct experience reading lips and actually hearing the sound associated with the movements.

]]> http://scientificaesthetic.com/2009/04/27/the-lipreading-computer-that-couldnt/#comment-630 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:10:57 +0000 http://sciaes.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/the-lipreading-computer-that-couldnt/#comment-630 First, I must applaud your use of “calling poppycock” as it was both amusing and not harsh to the eyes.
Second, I have to agree with you. Even when people inadvertently mumble, their lips move differently. How could it take into account all lip configurations? Lip piercings?

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