Is it like a rough inference of what’s being said based on mouth movements, or is it more precise somehow? Would it be a mistake to think you knew exactly what was said by reading lips (even if you were good at it)?

  • AnalogyAddict@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    This, completely. I didn’t even know how much I depended on reading lips until everyone worth listening to was wearing a mask.

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      11 months ago

      Yeah it really sucked, slightly muffled by the mask and no lips to read.

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        11 months ago

        Same. My mind makes up random words to sounds all the time, so if I dont have context or lips to read, the sentences I hear people say are just wild.

        I repeat things back to people wearing masks so that I can be sure that I understand them. It annoys some of them, but whatever