It is strange when the person sitting next to you is constantly chatting and seems like they are only talking to themselves. You better get ready for this one.

Researchers from Germany’s Karlsruhe Institute of Technology are working on a system that converts mouth motions into synthesized speech through electromyography process, a technique for recording electrical activity produced by muscles. This method enables the researchers to detect facial movements that are made while chatting. These movements are essentially transmitted to a laptop, which can then be converted into actual texts. Hence, text can easily be vocalized by a synthesizer.

For you information, this lip-reading setup requires no less than 9 electrodes be…