A Phone That Reads Lips
A prototype of a telephone that can read lips is under development.
The phone is not initially designed at the deaf community - it's designer's intention was to produce a phone that would enable people to have 'silent' conversations.
The prototype works by picking up the movements of the facial muscles through a series of sensors attached to the skin - not the most attractive or user-friendly translation device!
However, such technology could be developed in the future into a system for those who have lost their speech due to injury to the vocal chords ... or for silent audio transcription into text as an alternative for speech-to-text reporting.
More here on the BBC website ...
