viseme

A viseme is a generic facial image that can be used to describe a particular sound. A viseme is the visual equivalent of a phoneme or unit of sound in spoken language. Using visemes, the hearing-impaired can view sounds visually - effectively, "lip-reading" the entire human face.

This word suggested by: Kevin Martin

Last updated on: Apr 05, 2005

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