Method and apparatus for providing an animated display with translated speech

A method comprising:

• capturing speech in a first language being uttered by a person having a face;
• detecting alteration of at least a part of the face, other than a movement of a mouth, and correlating such alteration to specific words in the speech to provide detected alterations converting the speech into text;
• translating the text into a second language that is different from the first language to provide translated speech;
• rendering the translated speech audible to provide audiblized translated speech;
• while rendering the translated speech audible, providing a display of at least an animated representation of a second face wherein:
• the second face has a mouth that moves synchronously with the audiblized translated speech;
• and
• the second face has at least one other part that is altered synchronously with the detected alteration;
• such that the animated representation of the second face presents a mouth that moves in substantial accord with the audiblized translated speech and the at least one other part of the second face is altered in substantive accord with facial alterations as evinced by the person when uttering the speech and in correlation to specific words in the audiblized translated speech having substantive content that substantially matches the specific words in the speech to which the facial alterations are correlated.