“List with thine eyes, and I will list with mine,” is a revised version
of a well-known quotation which applies with considerable point to
the modern mode of conversation between deaf mutes, who are taught,
by the close observation of the movements of a speaker’s lips, to
see, instead of to hear, what is being said. This is where the cinema
may help our less fortunate brothers and sisters. An effective film
could be prepared which would depict with great precision the lip
action which takes place as the various letters of the alphabet are
being articulated, and also the similar change of appearance visible,
as groups of letters or words are uttered. Such an alphabet and the
graphic record of speech, available for use over and over again,
enabling mute pupils to commit to heart, would make a tedious task
simplified.