Talking to an AI still means talking out loud. On a train, mid-meeting, beside someone asleep — the moments you most need a hand are the ones where you can't speak. That's the wall we're taking down.
Five steps from an expression to a single sentence — what Eclipse does in between, and what it deliberately doesn't.
The video never leaves the device, and it isn't stored either.
A face becomes 52 values, and from those it reads mood, tension and fatigue.
Not an average of other people, but your own baseline. A neutral face differs by person.
Worn down, low, tense, or brightened. If none is clear, it chooses nothing.
The same fatigue reads differently at midnight and at noon. It picks its tone from the hour.
More paths end early than reach the end. A faint signal, an expression that merely passed across your face, or a word already spoken not long ago — each means it lets the moment go. Staying quiet is the default, not speaking up.
No single technique does all of it. So it's split — each layer does a different job, and each is at a different stage.
Worn down, low, tense, or brightened — Eclipse notices and speaks first. It reads the hour and the situation to choose how to say it.
Move your lips and it knows you're about to speak. No button, no wake word.
Speak below what the person next to you can hear, and only that is understood. When this layer lands, soundless conversation works.
We measured before building. One three-minute experiment ruled out weeks of the wrong direction.
Six words mouthed silently, then told apart: 18.3% accurate — no better than guessing (17%).
The method compresses a face into 52 numbers, and the fine differences that separate sounds are lost in that compression. The approach was wrong, not the goal.
Detecting “about to speak” works at 81.7%. Words belong to another layer; this one can be the switch.
Showing only what works looks better today and disappoints later. Saying plainly what works and what doesn't lasts longer.
Not situations where you cannot speak — situations where speaking is awkward. They come up more often than you'd think.
Check the day and leave a note where saying it out loud would be awkward.
Listen and quietly have things organised on the side. No need to step out.
No light, no sound — the thought that just surfaced gets kept anyway.
If you look worn, Eclipse says something first. Hands and eyes stay where they are.
⚠️The driving case is **not a safety device.** It can miss drowsiness, and missing it is dangerous — so it does not take on that responsibility. Think of it as a word from the passenger seat. Anything more needs dedicated hardware and a different standard of proof.
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