Lip Reading Academy

Dong Digital

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About this app

Features:
-6 chapters, namely Foreword, Consonants, Vowels, Numbers, Words and Phrases.
-teaches strategically all the speech sounds of the International Phonetic Alphabet and trains more than 800 most frequently used words and about 400 most frequently used phrases.
-in Chapter Foreword, you can learn about the benefits of lip reading and how to master the skill in daily conversations.
-in Chapter Consonants, there are 12 Tutorials teaching how to read all the 24 consonants and 40 Levels for practising them.
-in Chapter Vowels, there are 14 Tutorials teaching how to read all the 20 vowels and 30 Levels for practising them.
-in Chapter Numbers, numbers as well as words related to money etc. are trained.
-in Chapter Words, more than 500 most frequently used words are trained.
-in Chapter Phrases, about 400 most frequently used phrases are trained.
-after passing all the Levels (more than 50% correction rate in each Level) in one chapter, you can get a certificate on the Certificate page.
-more teaching and training materials will be added in the future updates.
-works completely offline.

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Lip reading is a real thing:

Although studies show that only about 30 to 45 percent of the English language can be understood through lip reading alone, Lip reading can often assist speech understanding. Adding visual signals provides the greatest chance for success in conversations, and increases one's confidence in their ability to communicate.

While real-world experience is the best tool at a lip reading learner’s disposal, systemic teaching plus constant and focused training can certainly boost the skills. In Lip Reading Academy, students are taught to watch the lips, tongue and jaw movements, and to use their ability to deduce. Lip reading lessons have been shown to be of benefit in UK studies commissioned by the Action on Hearing Loss charity.

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Lip reading benefits everyone:

As hearing becomes more and more difficult in old age, people may tend to depend more on lip reading, and are certainly encouraged to do so. Although lip reading is normally used most extensively by deaf and hard-of-hearing people, most people with proper hearing process speech information to a varied degree from sight of the moving mouth.

For people with normal hearing, adding sight of the movement of the mouth improves speech processing. Being able to lip-read makes both the speaker and listener better communicators. Also, if you have a friend or family member who is hard-of-hearing, being able to lip-read can provide insights into what they are going through and make you more aware when speaking.

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In conclusion, lip reading is a very useful skill which benefits all of us in our daily lives. Its mastery requires A LOT OF time and patience, but the more you consciously practice, the easier and more natural it becomes.

I wish you a lot of fun and success learning with Lip Reading Academy.

Ratings and reviews

Update in reply: This is not the only review that has stated the person has an accent. Again, you have to rely on memory for those lessons. I have the newest device out right now, samsung galaxy s23 ultra, so if there is a compatibility problem it's on your end to update. Doesn't matter anymore I've uninstalled. Pronunciation different in many words so memorization is required which defeats the purpose. Some videos don't load so you have to guess and get it wrong to move to the next video.

A nice app, but the words are spoken in an accent different than how I speak/typically hear, so I found myself relying on memorization to correctly read how certain words appear with this particular accent. For example, letters like R and O read very differently than I'm used to, so "work" looks identical to "wake" for me. I only made it through most of the consonant/vowel levels, not sure how the others work, but a wider range of words would also be helpful so there's not as much repetition.

It is very well done and simple to use, free and also no ads every 5 minutes, though I am still at level 4. It is well paced though, I would recommend there be more random options or increase the options to choose the correct answer to make it harder. As I feel I am exercising my memory more than I am reading lips to get the right answer.

What's new

- Modified material for more efficient learning.
- Bug fixes and UI & UX improvements.