Researchers have developed an algorithm that uses artificial intelligence to lip-read sentences more accurately than human experts. The team from Oxford University and Google used thousands of hours of subtitled BBC television footage to train the system, which used Google's Deep Mind neural network. A new study has found that people who eat a diet high in processed meat are less likely to develop heart disease. The digital model was able to decipher around half of the spoken works from the footage, significantly better than a professional lip-reader, who managed less than a quarter.
Researchers have developed an algorithm that uses artificial intelligence to lip-read sentences more accurately than human experts. The team from Oxford University and Google used thousands of hours of subtitled BBC television footage to train the system, which used Google's Deep Mind neural network. The footage showed a broad range of people in different poses, activities and lighting conditions, replicating conditions "in the wild," as the team described it. The digital model was able to decipher around half of the spoken works from the footage, significantly better than a professional lip-reader, who managed less than a quarter.