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Email [email protected]How practice works
Each clip is a real person saying a word or a short sentence, with the sound off. Clips show the mouth only, the way you'd focus on it in conversation, and different clips of the same word come from different people. You watch, then pick what they said from four answers. Replay as often as you like, and turn on Slow to watch at about half speed.
Each session gives you up to 8 clips: reviews that are due first, then new ones. A new clip shows you the answer while you watch, so you learn what it looks like. The next day it comes back without it.
Each time you pick the right answer first time and within about 20 seconds, the wait before you see it again doubles: 2 days, 4, 8, 16, 32. A slow answer or one wrong pick keeps it where it is. Two wrong picks, With sound, or skipping brings it back the next day.
After every answer, watch the clip once more knowing what was said. That second look is when the lip shapes stick.
Common questions
Why are p, b and m one answer?
Because they look the same. All three close the lips and open them; the difference is in the voice and the nose, which you can't see. Lipreading teachers call these look-alike groups visemes. The first decks teach the groups. In words and phrases, the topic and the rest of the sentence tell you which one it was. See how lipreading works.
I'm getting a lot wrong. Is that normal?
Yes. People with no training understand about one word in five from the lips alone, and even skilled lipreaders rely on context and on whatever they can hear. The aim is to catch a little more each week, not everything.
The video won't play.
Clips play silently and inline, which every current browser allows. If one stays black, tap it, check your connection, or skip it. If it keeps happening, email us your browser and device.
Do I need an account?
No. Signing in with Google is optional; it keeps your streak and reviews on every device.
Does it cost anything?
No. Watch My Lips is free to use.
Can it help with my hearing?
It's practice for a skill, not a treatment, and it can't test or improve your hearing. If your hearing has changed, see a doctor or an audiologist. Lipreading works best alongside hearing aids, captions and in-person classes, not instead of them.