{"id":11861,"date":"2025-03-03T12:12:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T17:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melindaozel.com\/?p=11861"},"modified":"2025-11-29T14:48:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T19:48:34","slug":"viseme-variability-gritted-teeth-muted-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melindaozel.com\/is\/viseme-variability-gritted-teeth-muted-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Breytileiki vis\u00edma: gr\u00f3far tennur og dempa\u00f0ur tal"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11861\" class=\"elementor elementor-11861\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4c78451 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4c78451\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melindaozel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gemmas-muted-speech-Severance-phonemes-and-visemes.webp?resize=18%2C6&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melindaozel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gemmas-muted-speech-Severance-phonemes-and-visemes.webp?resize=1320%2C468&amp;ssl=1 1320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melindaozel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gemmas-muted-speech-Severance-phonemes-and-visemes.webp?w=1800&amp;ssl=1 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e120ee1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e120ee1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5049bd4\" data-id=\"5049bd4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-145745a elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"145745a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"717\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melindaozel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gemma-speech-in-severance.webp?fit=717%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11909\" alt=\"sequence of woman (Gemma from Severance) mouthing phonemes and the lip shapes she makes\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melindaozel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gemma-speech-in-severance.webp?w=1108&amp;ssl=1 1108w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melindaozel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gemma-speech-in-severance.webp?resize=210%2C300&amp;ssl=1 210w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melindaozel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gemma-speech-in-severance.webp?resize=717%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 717w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melindaozel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gemma-speech-in-severance.webp?resize=768%2C1097&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melindaozel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gemma-speech-in-severance.webp?resize=1076%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1076w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melindaozel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gemma-speech-in-severance.webp?resize=8%2C12&amp;ssl=1 8w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-acb1b7c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"acb1b7c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-314a99b\" data-id=\"314a99b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90c5f60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"90c5f60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>This post explores the intricacies of audio-to-face tech, visemes, and speech articulation &#8211; written\u00a0from the perspective of a <a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/melindaozel\">facial motion expert working on AI lip sync technologies<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-882cc39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"882cc39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">From Audio to Face: The Struggle Is Real<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21631a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"21631a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>No single mouth shape defines a particular speech sound. Our articulation changes with every phoneme, syllable, and word we utter. Though we try to simplify lip sync studies by assigning canonical shapes (or <a href=\"https:\/\/melindaozel.com\/viseme-cheat-sheet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visemes<\/a>) to groups of phonemes, in an absolute sense, the \u201cright\u201d shape does not exist. The \u201cright\u201d shape is always relative and depends greatly on a slew of variable conditions beyond the simple <sup>NOTE 1<\/sup> problem of coarticulation. For those working in facial animation or on audio-to-face technologies, this reality is one of the biggest challenges in creating accurate and natural-looking speech.<\/p><p><sup><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">NOTE 1<\/span>: Though coarticulation is not necessarily simple, it begins to feel simple once you\u2019ve been exposed to the realities of other complex and unpredictable conditions that affect articulation.<\/sup><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b1e93a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4b1e93a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Gemma\u2019s Gritted-Teeth Delivery In S02E07<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-60f115f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"60f115f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c85347c\" data-id=\"c85347c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb1735c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb1735c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A perfect illustration of the viseme problem can be observed in <em>Severance<\/em> Season 2, Episode 7, when the character known as Gemma asks her antagonist:<\/p><p>\u201cCan you please just talk like a normal person?\u201d<\/p><p>In American English, this line can be phonetically transcribed as: <br \/>K\u0259n ju pliz \u02a4\u028cst t\u0254k la\u026ak \u0259 \u02c8 n\u0254rm\u0259l \u02c8p\u025crs\u0259n?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e6bfb7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"3e6bfb7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/aRaT49d4j4c?si=Krw57VAh1RYHTL5N&amp;t=47&quot;,&quot;start&quot;:188,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b51941 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b51941\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The actor playing Gemma, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1901842\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dichen Lachman<\/a>, delivers her line through gritted teeth with an extremely muted articulation style. (To see her more animated baseline, refer to her speech before the 47-second mark.) We feel her pain, anger, and frustration held back by her clenched jaw and minimally-moving lips. A beautiful performance for viewers &#8211; but a troubling real-world example for audio-to-face researchers.<\/p><p>From emotions to volume and speed, the factors affecting mouth shapes in speech are seemingly never-ending. Though Gemma\u2019s gritted teeth and muted lips do not affect the auditory legibility of her delivery, a lip-reader would be hard-pressed to decode her words. Her articulation style severely alters the expected look of many vowels and consonants.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebf223d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ebf223d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Phonemes &amp; Visemes: A Closer Look<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1514af elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"a1514af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/eVHbAdlcpyQ&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-016a594 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"016a594\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Above is a stabilized clip of Gemma&#8217;s speech highlighting her most contrastive lip shapes <sup>NOTE 2<\/sup>. Observe how, despite being the most contrastive, many of these shapes are indiscernible and fail to fulfill the expected features of their associated visemes.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p><sup><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">NOTE 2:<\/span> Not all of the phonemes in Gemma&#8217;s speech are captured here. Many were left out, because they were visually indistinguishable from surrounding sounds.<\/sup><\/p><p>Below shows the same set of phonemes from the above clip and their visual counterparts as still images. Hover above each photo to view the graphemic context for each viseme.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a1b0f2d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a1b0f2d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bfbba6d\" data-id=\"bfbba6d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-baaa1fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"baaa1fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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class=\"elementor-gallery-item__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tpl<u>ea<\/u>se\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melindaozel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gemma-Severance-z-viseme.webp?fit=1438%2C1022&#038;ssl=1\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"baaa1fd\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Gemma Severance \/z\/ viseme\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"visemic representation of \/z\/\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTE4NzQsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9tZWxpbmRhb3plbC5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjVcLzAzXC9HZW1tYS1TZXZlcmFuY2Utei12aXNlbWUud2VicCIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6ImJhYWExZmQifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" 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phoneme\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"visemic representation of \/\u0254\/ or &quot;aw&quot;\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTE4ODAsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9tZWxpbmRhb3plbC5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjVcLzAzXC9HZW1tYS1TZXZlcmFuY2UtXHUwMjU0LXBob25lbWUud2VicCIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6ImJhYWExZmQifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melindaozel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gemma-Severance-%C9%94-phoneme.webp?fit=300%2C213&amp;ssl=1\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"213\" aria-label=\"woman mouthing open, rounded \/\u0254\/ phoneme\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"visemic representation of \/l\/\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTE4ODIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9tZWxpbmRhb3plbC5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjVcLzAzXC9HZW1tYS1TZXZlcmFuY2UtbC1waG9uZW1lLndlYnAiLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiJiYWFhMWZkIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melindaozel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gemma-Severance-l-phoneme.webp?fit=300%2C213&amp;ssl=1\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"213\" aria-label=\"woman mouthing \/l\/ phoneme\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tnorma<u>l<\/u>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melindaozel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gemma-Severance-p-closed-phoneme.webp?fit=1438%2C1022&#038;ssl=1\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"baaa1fd\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Gemma Severance -p- (closed) phoneme\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"visemic representation of \/p\/ in its closed state\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTE4ODEsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9tZWxpbmRhb3plbC5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjVcLzAzXC9HZW1tYS1TZXZlcmFuY2UtcC1jbG9zZWQtcGhvbmVtZS53ZWJwIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiYmFhYTFmZCJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melindaozel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gemma-Severance-p-closed-phoneme.webp?fit=300%2C213&amp;ssl=1\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"213\" aria-label=\"woman mouthing \/p\/ phoneme (closed state)\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<u>p<\/u>erson\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melindaozel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gemma-Severance-p-open-phoneme.webp?fit=1438%2C1022&#038;ssl=1\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"baaa1fd\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Gemma Severance -p- (open) phoneme\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"visemic representation of \/p\/ in its release state\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTE4ODUsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9tZWxpbmRhb3plbC5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjVcLzAzXC9HZW1tYS1TZXZlcmFuY2UtcC1vcGVuLXBob25lbWUud2VicCIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6ImJhYWExZmQifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melindaozel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gemma-Severance-p-open-phoneme.webp?fit=300%2C213&amp;ssl=1\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"213\" aria-label=\"woman mouthing \/p\/ phoneme (open part)\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<u>p<\/u>erson\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melindaozel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gemma-Severance-s-phoneme.webp?fit=1438%2C1022&#038;ssl=1\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"baaa1fd\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Gemma Severance \/s\/ phoneme\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"visemic representation of \/s\/\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTE4ODYsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9tZWxpbmRhb3plbC5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjVcLzAzXC9HZW1tYS1TZXZlcmFuY2Utcy1waG9uZW1lLndlYnAiLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiJiYWFhMWZkIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melindaozel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gemma-Severance-s-phoneme.webp?fit=300%2C213&amp;ssl=1\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"213\" aria-label=\"woman mouthing \/s\/ phoneme\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tper<u>s<\/u>on.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-54f349f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"54f349f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-171c214\" data-id=\"171c214\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d9c03f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4d9c03f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd3e315 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fd3e315\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\/p\/'s \/b\/'s &amp; \/m\/'s As Anchor Points<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afd9b54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"afd9b54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When assessing both the clip and still images from Lachman&#8217;s performance, it is evident that the tried and true closed-lip bilabials &#8211; \/p\/, \/b\/, and \/m\/ &#8211; are still closing like they&#8217;re supposed to. You can also see a slight increase in lip corner width for \/i\/ as well as a commendable nearly-closed rounding for \/u\/.<\/p><p>In general, while the expected viseme forms of phonemes vs. the actual forms they take on are extremely variable, some phoneme groups are fussier than others and command a more rigid arrangement of articulator positions. If you&#8217;re in facial animation or audio-to-face research, you are likely already familiar with the sturdiness of \/p\/, \/b\/, and \/m\/. \/p\/, \/b\/, and \/m\/ are typically grouped into the same viseme category: a closed lip shape. \/p\/, \/b\/, and \/m\/ are great anchor points when assessing the quality and accuracy of simulated speech. We love them because they always close, right? &#8230;Right?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-875c73f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"875c73f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\/p\/'s \/b\/'s &amp; \/m\/'s: The Hard Truth<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22bbb94 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"22bbb94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Unfortunately, though closed-lip bilabials can be great anchor points, even the most robust phonemes are not immune to variation. Pop open a Mr. Beast (or should I say, Nr. Veast) and watch your world crumble as the lips of the Veast fail to close for a large portion of \/p\/&#8217;s, \/b\/&#8217;s, and \/m\/&#8217;s. \u2c6er. Veast is an avid labiodentalizer. (Read more about labiodentalization <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Voiceless_labiodental_affricate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Voiced_labiodental_nasal#:~:text=The%20labiodental%20pronunciation%20of%20%5B%C9%B1,lip%20touches%20the%20upper%20teeth.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>).<\/p><p>You may be tempted to argue that if the lips do not close, the sound does not count as a \/p\/, \/b\/, or \/m\/; however, the not-fully-closed lip situation does not strip p&#8217;s, b&#8217;s, or m&#8217;s from their phonemic status, and it does not stop us from perceiving them as p&#8217;s, b&#8217;s, or m&#8217;s. In fact, these not-fully-closed versions are just common <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Allophone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">allophones<\/a> of \/p\/, \/b\/, and \/m\/.<\/p><p>Read the following breakdown from Wikipedia:<\/p><p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Voiced_labiodental_nasal#:~:text=The%20labiodental%20pronunciation%20of%20%5B%C9%B1,lip%20touches%20the%20upper%20teeth.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8230;[\u0271] is extremely common around the world phonetically, as it is the universal allophone of \/m\/ and a very common allophone of \/n\/ before the labiodental fricatives [f] and [v], as for example in English comfort and circumvent, and, for many people, infinitive and invent.<\/a>&#8220;<\/p><p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Voiceless_labiodental_affricate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The sound [p\u032a\u0361f] occurs occasionally in English, in words where one syllable ends with &#8216;p&#8217; and the next starts with &#8216;f&#8217;, like in &#8216;helpful&#8217; or &#8216;stepfather&#8217;.<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fad3af elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7fad3af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Stage 5: Acceptance<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f89a37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9f89a37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Though the most reliable visemes are not as reliable as widely believed, all hope is not lost. Once you learn to face the FACS, I mean &#8211; facts, and embrace the <a href=\"https:\/\/melindaozel.com\/its-all-in-the-eyes-and-other-lies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chaos of human behavior and mechanics<\/a>, deciphering our cloud-like complexities can be exciting. Let&#8217;s close out with a poignant snippet from neuroscientist, primatologist, and goated lecturer, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Sapolsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert Sapolsky<\/a>:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-928e8f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"928e8f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/NNnIGh9g6fA?si=UbHhGFV1JylyqwJ0&amp;t=2850&quot;,&quot;start&quot;:2850,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a914f1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a914f1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">More Lip Sync Resources<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c43ff87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c43ff87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For more rigid and clock-like examples of visemes, check out my:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a77b42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"2a77b42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/melindaozel.com\/viseme-cheat-sheet\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Viseme Cheat Sheet<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cd4d48 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4cd4d48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFor those seeking more cloud-like approaches, my <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/melindaozel.com\/all-about-lipsync-lecture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">All About Lipsync<\/a> <\/strong>course dives deeper into the chaos of articulation from anatomical, linguistic, and animation-friendly lenses, covering:\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94c56aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"94c56aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Human speech variability (beyond the IPA charts)<\/li>\n<li>Linguistic foundations<\/li>\n<li>The anatomy of articulation (jaw, lips, tongue, teeth)<\/li>\n<li>Coarticulation and edge cases<\/li>\n<li>Why \u201ccanonical\u201d viseme don&#8217;t work<\/li>\n<li>How to design modular speech systems<\/li>\n<li>Speech vs. emotion (how they can hinder or harmonize)<\/li>\n<li>Visemes, FACS, and flexible blendshape formulas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e841b51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"e841b51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/melindaozel.com\/all-about-lipsync-lecture\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span 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