Are you learning to lipread? My experience of Lipreading is that it is a very tough skill to learn. Nothing can be a fully effective substitute for the real thing, but the Lipreader computer program will help you to learn and practise observation and interpretation at your own speed and in your own time. The program allows you to select sounds, letters, words, or sentences. The lipspeaker will then 'speak', allowing you to observe the selected word or sentence at a speed you can adjust. Words and sentences can also be demonstrated using fingerspell signs. All words and sentences are formed from a built-in stock of wordlists, but advanced users can edit, and add to, these lists.	David Smith More about David Smith	Program screen shots The Lipreader program uses a systematic approach, starting with letter mode, where sounds and letters can be observed, and working through words, sentences, and passages, using both a face image and fingerspell signs. The lipspeaker used throughout the program is Grace Todhunter, who was also used in the RNID's book 'Watch This Face'. Fingerspell drawings were done by David Smith. Look at The Lipreader program in detail
Who is the program for? The Lipreader program is for people who are interested in Lipreading. It can be used by teachers or students, with or without hearing impairment, and provides an interactive and flexible way of learning and developing Lipreading skills. Individual mouthshapes can be studied. Words, sentences and whole passages can be animated and studied, word by word, mouthshape by mouthshape, and replayed as many times as required. Letters, words, sentences and passages can also be viewed in fingerspell form. Simple wordpuzzles provide a challenge and some extra interest for the user. Words, sentences and passages on a wide variety of subjects are supplied with the program, but advanced users can create their own words and sentences. This requires some skill and patience, but gives valuable insight into phonetic constructions and how individual mouthshapes are pieced together to create a complete word. Advanced users can also compile their own puzzles. How does the program work? The Lipreader program does not use video images of words. Instead it uses a number of separate mouthshape images. The program strings these images together to make words, and strings words together to make sentences. The advantage of this system over video is that words and sentences can be broken down and examined - right down to the level of their individual mouthshapes, and replayed time after time. It also means that the user is not restricted to the number of words or sentences supplied with the program. An almost unlimited number of new words can be created, using the existing images, and added to the stock of words and sentences. The Lipreader program does not make use of Sound. Where can I get it? The program costs £19-50, and comes on a CD with an accompanying booklet. It can be obtained from Pat Holton, Pineapple Coach House, High Street, Stoke Ferry, Norfolk PE33 9SF. Telephone Email pat.holton@btinternet.com Payment in Sterling cheque only, payable to Pat Holton P&P - UK free, Rest of World £1-50 Please let Pat know how you became aware of the Lipreader program. If you need any more details about the program, email me at david@dwdsmith.plus.com		Program features View sounds, words, sentences and passages in animated mouthshapes View letters, words, sentences and passages by fingerspell shapes Information about the grouping of vowels and consonants in Lipreading Edit existing words, sentences and passages Create new words, and use them to make your own sentences and passages Try a variety of simple word puzzles Compile your own word puzzles A reference document, containing everything you will need to know about using the program. This document is read using your web browser from files installed on your computer, not over the internet A number of tutorials which will take you through the main aspects of the program step by step Preloaded wordlists, sentences and passages, organised into separate study lessons, each with an easy to follow worksheet Computer requirements PC computer, Windows 98 onwards, CD drive, min 800 x 600 screen resolution. The program will not run on an AppleMac or Linux based computer Program requires 1.9MB disk space Lipreader data files require 2.3MB disk space Microsoft .NET Framework requires 88MB disk space. The .NET Framework is a general resource for many modern programs. It is required by Lipreader 3, but is not specifically part of the program. Windows Vista includes .NET as standard

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