Communication Design Quarterly Jan 2019

Theorizing lip reading as interface design

Kevin Garrison

Abstract

This article explores what lip reading can teach us about interface design. First, I define lip reading. Second, I challenge the idea that people can "read" lips---an idea that is deeply imbedded in the literate tradition described by Walter Ong (1982) in Orality and Literacy. Third, I frame lip reading as a complex rhetorical activity of filling in the "gaps" of communication. Fourth, I present a lip reading heuristic that can challenge those of us in communication related fields to remember how the invisible "gaps" of communication are sometimes more important than the visible "interfaces." And finally, I conclude with some reflections about how lip reading might "reimagine" disability studies for technical and professional communicators.

Journal
Communication Design Quarterly
Published
2019-01-22
DOI
10.1145/3309589.3309592
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Topics
multimodality disability studies multilingual writers

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