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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Crime fighting system converts lip motions into spoken word]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/23/crime-fighting-system-converts-lip-motions-into-spoken-word/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/23/crime-fighting-system-converts-lip-motions-into-spoken-word/</guid><description><![CDATA[HAL is watching you]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Simon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 23rd 2007 8:59AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Crime fighting system converts lip motions into spoken word]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/23/crime-fighting-system-converts-lip-motions-into-spoken-word/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/23/crime-fighting-system-converts-lip-motions-into-spoken-word/</guid><description><![CDATA[that would be pretty nuts on the phones that have the video-conferencing camera (facing the same direction as the numpad) so you could lipsync to your phone and it would spit out the text.  I can text while driving by feel, but it would be so much faster and safer if I had voice-text messaging :D<br><br>(I could just imagine the kids in high/middleschool mumbling to themselves:  "Are you texting someone, Mr. _____?"  "no, just talking to myself, sorry..."]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Scabies]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 23rd 2007 9:23AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Crime fighting system converts lip motions into spoken word]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/23/crime-fighting-system-converts-lip-motions-into-spoken-word/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/23/crime-fighting-system-converts-lip-motions-into-spoken-word/</guid><description><![CDATA[Umm, why would you talk at your phone to text a message when you could just talk directly to them?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 23rd 2007 11:33AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Crime fighting system converts lip motions into spoken word]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/23/crime-fighting-system-converts-lip-motions-into-spoken-word/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/23/crime-fighting-system-converts-lip-motions-into-spoken-word/</guid><description><![CDATA[Sometimes people are in a situation where they can't talk (meaning the person you're talking to), that's where text messaging really comes in handy.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[tiuk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 23rd 2007 12:32PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Crime fighting system converts lip motions into spoken word]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/23/crime-fighting-system-converts-lip-motions-into-spoken-word/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/23/crime-fighting-system-converts-lip-motions-into-spoken-word/</guid><description><![CDATA[Damn the "Man"!  Learn to be a Ventriloquist: <a href="http://www.ventriloquism101.com/products/ventriloquism101.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.ventriloquism101.com/products/ventriloquism101.htm</a><br><br>** I am not the proprietor or distributor of above merchandise.  It's a joke.  Laugh. **]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andir3.0]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 23rd 2007 9:24AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Crime fighting system converts lip motions into spoken word]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/23/crime-fighting-system-converts-lip-motions-into-spoken-word/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/23/crime-fighting-system-converts-lip-motions-into-spoken-word/</guid><description><![CDATA[oh, i forgot to add, you would need a fairly snappy framerate, security clips I've seen on TV are like 1-2 FPS, no way you could get a coherent translation from that]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Scabies]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 23rd 2007 9:25AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Crime fighting system converts lip motions into spoken word]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/23/crime-fighting-system-converts-lip-motions-into-spoken-word/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/23/crime-fighting-system-converts-lip-motions-into-spoken-word/</guid><description><![CDATA[This tech gives more credibility to major league coaches who feel compelled to hold clipboards over their mouths while talking.  Big market there I suppose...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrew.basta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 23rd 2007 9:28AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Crime fighting system converts lip motions into spoken word]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/23/crime-fighting-system-converts-lip-motions-into-spoken-word/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/23/crime-fighting-system-converts-lip-motions-into-spoken-word/</guid><description><![CDATA[Good thing only 30% of english can be lip-read.  From wikipedia:<br><br>It has been estimated that only 30% to 40% of sounds in the English language are distinguishable from sight alone; the phrase "where there's life, there's hope" looks identical to "where's the lavender soap" in most English dialects.<br><br>So, revolutionary giving hope, or just someone wanting some soap?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 23rd 2007 9:50AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Crime fighting system converts lip motions into spoken word]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/23/crime-fighting-system-converts-lip-motions-into-spoken-word/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/23/crime-fighting-system-converts-lip-motions-into-spoken-word/</guid><description><![CDATA[When Wikipedia says "it has been estimated that...[fact]..." and doesn't cite a source, it directly translates to "I pulled this number out of my ass, and don't care that people will take it as truth." <br><br>And it's not supporting evidence when you find a website that quotes this text from Wiki. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dudeskee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 23rd 2007 10:41AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Crime fighting system converts lip motions into spoken word]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/23/crime-fighting-system-converts-lip-motions-into-spoken-word/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/23/crime-fighting-system-converts-lip-motions-into-spoken-word/</guid><description><![CDATA[I wasn't attacking you, I was attacking wikipedia and its content. Plus I didn't say it wasn't a funny comment. <br><br>That fact is an interesting one, but my point is that without a link to one of those scientific articles (which I'm not asking you to provide--I'm asking the writers of the article to provide it), it might as well have been pulled out of the air. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dudeskee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 23rd 2007 11:23AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Crime fighting system converts lip motions into spoken word]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/23/crime-fighting-system-converts-lip-motions-into-spoken-word/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/23/crime-fighting-system-converts-lip-motions-into-spoken-word/</guid><description><![CDATA[it's even harder to lip-read chinese, as each word carries a wide array of meanings, depending on context.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ted Chuang]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 23rd 2007 10:28AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Crime fighting system converts lip motions into spoken word]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/23/crime-fighting-system-converts-lip-motions-into-spoken-word/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/23/crime-fighting-system-converts-lip-motions-into-spoken-word/</guid><description><![CDATA[Heh, I was only using wikipedia for their funny example sentence.  Those numbers I actually learned from my studies around deaf and hard of hearing, where their is plenty of known scientific studies proving them.  But I don't think the comments on a tech blog's website is really the place to discuss this.  I just meant for it to be a funny comment, go flame somewhere else.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 23rd 2007 10:57AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Crime fighting system converts lip motions into spoken word]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/23/crime-fighting-system-converts-lip-motions-into-spoken-word/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/23/crime-fighting-system-converts-lip-motions-into-spoken-word/</guid><description><![CDATA[all you people and your Wikipedia references, bleh. Try walking along Canal Street in Manhattan! the guys selling 'watches, rolex, gucci handbags', they ALREADY have their own language! and their lip-movements aren't standard; they're a blend of native African and Carribean tongues, with NY attitude (as if that isn't hard enough already!) to boot!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick Normal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 23rd 2007 12:07PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Crime fighting system converts lip motions into spoken word]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/23/crime-fighting-system-converts-lip-motions-into-spoken-word/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/23/crime-fighting-system-converts-lip-motions-into-spoken-word/</guid><description><![CDATA["you loud-mouthed criminals better start crafting your own unique language over the next few years." - Already done - cockney rhyming slang was invented so London criminals could communicate in secrecy,over 100 years ago. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 23rd 2007 2:04PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Crime fighting system converts lip motions into spoken word]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/23/crime-fighting-system-converts-lip-motions-into-spoken-word/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/23/crime-fighting-system-converts-lip-motions-into-spoken-word/</guid><description><![CDATA[Warning to all men:  Do not every say to a 15-yr old girl "I want a fig newton."<br><br>You will find yourself arrested for no apparent reason.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 23rd 2007 3:32PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>