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Can You Read Lips?

posted 4 years ago by BillHicksFan (10717)
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I'm decent at it, but wish I was an expert, so I could look back on a lot of video and transcribe it.

One tip that helps is to mute the sound (since it's usually a distraction)

[–] davodikum (6212) 4 years ago

I reckon I could be learn. But nothing like becoming deaf to make it important as fuck.

[–] BillHicksFan (10717) 4 years ago

I've read some interesting stuff over the years.. Usually in politics, or an NBA game. Sometimes it's trivial, but its still interesting. If I was more serious, I'd take notes of the things I uncover, and the things I'd like to uncover.

[–] nyctc7 (44116) 4 years ago

It's certainly not fool proof

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZB4JvOkaDo

[–] ShogunofYonkers (78608) 4 years ago

I always expect Seinfeld clips from you and 1/3 of the time I'm right😄

That show covered EVERYTHING

[–] plusplus (467) 4 years ago

It takes a lot of time to guess the language, especially to distinguish within language families.

[–] BillHicksFan (10717) 4 years ago

I'm assuming it's something you watch in your own language.

[–] plusplus (467) 4 years ago

Which one of the 3?

[–] Mrmojo4700 (21721) 4 years ago

I didn’t realize how much I depend on reading lips until everyone started wearing masks.

[–] Kazak (2199) 4 years ago

I think all this covid masking has made a lot of people realize how much they actually do rely on lip reading.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

I know the mouthing of I love you.

What annoyed me about the Seinfeld lip Reading episode is that somehow the mouthing of sweeping is mistook for sleeping. Two completely different mouth movements.

[–] samoanjoes (58613) 4 years ago

I'm dyslexic.

[–] jonathan_k80 (6436) 4 years ago

I've always wondered what the actors were actually saying in the old silent films. Did their spoken dialogue match that of the intertitles?

[–] BillHicksFan (10717) 4 years ago

They did sometimes.