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The viseme theory formalises this by grouping phonemes by lip shape; rounded and protruded vowels form the 'fourth viseme'. Example data (one Lithuanian dub of an English animated film, 476 stressed rounded/protruded vowel cases, 1 h 35 min): the translator used the fourth viseme in 46 percent of cases, the third in 32 percent, the second in 12 percent and the first in 10 percent; stress matched in 68 percent of cases. When a rounded vowel could not be matched, first- and second-viseme sounds fitted better than third-viseme sounds. Failure modes: matching spelling or phoneme identity rather than lip shape; a long word with many visible lip movements in a short mouth shot. Limitations: one film, one language pair, a human translator's choices, no viewer test. 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