Professional lip reading services

The 121 Captions team deliver professional lip reading services online and onsite around the UK. Simply contact us and explain your requirements, whether they be for the courts, police, private investigators, or the media, and our lip readers will meet your deadline.

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The ethical implications of forensic lipreading: privacy and consent

Forensic lipreading has the potential to uncover critical evidence, but its use raises ethical dilemmas related to privacy and consent.

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Enhancing communication through an oral translator

An oral translator is someone who can read someone’s lips as they speak, facilitating cross-communication between people. Read more here:

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Busting myths about professional lipreading

There are many myths about professional lipreading that need to be busted. Check out our myth-busting post and the truth about lipreading.

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Everything you need to know about lipreading

For professionals, lipreading is a skill, and like any other skill, the more you practice it, the better you get. And we’ve got the best.

Why use an oral translator

What is an oral translator and why do you need one?

Tina Lannin, 121 Captions founder and owner, is one of the world’s foremost oral translators. Discover more about what she does here:

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Need an oral translator in the UK? We can help

Here at 121 Captions, we have some of the very best oral translators in the world, working all across the globe and in multiple languages.

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Does your business need an oral translator? Call us.

There are not many people around the globe that can do it to an exceptional degree, but here at 121 Captions, we’ve collected some of the very best oral translators in the world to help our clients.

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How forensic lip reading helped convict a murderer

With the help of a forensic lip reading expert, the Crown Prosecution Service were able to convict Nat Fraser of murdering his wife. Here’s how.

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Everything you need to know about lipspeakers and lipspeaking

Not to be confused with lipreading, there is a branch of the deaf and hard of hearing world which most people don’t know about – lipspeaking.

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What’s the difference between an oral translator and a lip-reader?

You may have seen the phrase oral translator and wondered what it means – after all, isn’t an oral translator just a redundant way of saying a translator?