Talking gloves for the deaf-Australia

An Australian scientist is developing a pair of gloves capable of translating sign language, a move he hopes could ease communication for deaf and mute people.

University of New South Wales research fellow Waleed Kadous said the gloves would be connected to a computer that has been programmed to measure the movement of the wearer's hand and distinguish between different signs. It then translates the signs into written English on a monitor.

At a recent trial, the computer was able to translate Australian sign language with 95 per cent accuracy; said Kadous. He said his aim was to create a device enclosed in the gloves that translates signs as they are made and then 'speaks' the words through a transmitter to the person with whom the deaf or mute is communicating.

Source: The Times of India
Dated :1st September, 2002