Video: Students invent gloves that translate sign language into spoken word

Thomas Pryor and Navid Azodi are lauded for their innovative gloves invention wherein sign language are translated into spoken words The new gloves, called “SignAloud”, use embedded sensors to detect position and movements of user’s fingers and hands The sensors collect data, which is then transmitted by the gloves via Bluetooth to a computer which analyses the movements and checks them against a “library of gestures” SEATTLE, Washington – Student inventors are lauded for their innovative gloves invention wherein sign language are translated into spoken words. Ryan O’Hare mentioned in his article for Mail Online published on April 25 that two entrepreneurial technology students have designed a pair of gloves that aims to break down the communication barriers between deaf or those with hearing difficulty and the general public, by translating hand gestures into speech. In a demonstration video, inventors Thomas Pryor and Navid Azodi can be seen signing using the gloves, while a computerized voice translates the movements. “Hello, my name is Thomas and this is Navid. We are inventors in the Lemelson-MIT Student Prize competition,” the computerized voice said. The new gloves, called “SignAloud”, use embedded sensors to detect position and movements of user’s fingers and hands. The […]

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