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LipRead

LipRead

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Choose a video

Pick a clip or record one. Each face gets its own captions, read from lip movements.

Recent

Tap Share, then Add to Home Screen.

Runs on your iPhone. Videos never leave your device.

Analyzing video

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Preparing model
Finding faces
Reading lips

Keep this screen open until it finishes. Your video stays on this device.

Results

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AI estimate — don’t treat as a quote.

Faces

Read what people are saying

LipRead reads lip movements in a video and shows what each face appears to say.

Private by design Everything runs on this device. Your videos are never uploaded.
Uncertain, so check Lip reading is uncertain — about 1 in 3 words can be wrong even on clear footage, and more on far-away faces.
Non-commercial model The lip-reading model is licensed for non-commercial use only.

Model

One-time download 203 MB

Ready offline

Connect to Wi-Fi first. The model is stored on this device, so LipRead works without a connection afterwards.

Settings

Players

Player names, one per line

Names you add are favored when the model is unsure. They’re stored only on this device.

Reading

Read unreadable faces too

Faces that are far away or turned away are read less accurately.

Storage

You can download the model again at any time.

About

About LipRead

LipRead estimates what people say from how their lips move. It is a free, open project, and the code is open source. Results are estimates and can be wrong.

Privacy

Videos are read on your device and are never uploaded. LipRead keeps no copy of your videos. The model, the app’s files, names you add and this setting are stored only in this browser.

License

The LipRead code is Apache-2.0. The lip-reading model is licensed for research and non-commercial use only, so do not use LipRead commercially.

Source code on GitHub

Delete the model?

You can download it again later. Your videos aren’t affected.

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