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Animated face helps deaf with phone chat
15:08 02 August 04
NewScientist.com news service

Software that creates an animated face to match someone talking on the other end of a phone line can help people with hearing difficulties converse, suggests a new study. . . . .more


I got an Email from my husband so thought I'd pass this up here. It's pretty interesting.
 
Interesting, but I still have a hard time believing that a 2D animated face on the computer screen can convey as much information as a person's real face. :dunno:
 
You'd still have to get past the fact that studies have shown that lip reading is only used effectively by 30-50% of the people studied. In my opinion, lip reading does not convey enough information, even with additional sound cues, compared to actual text of the words spoken.
 
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