[access-uk] Sign language translator turns gestures into spoken letters, makes for a better world (video) -- Engadget
- From: Gordon Keen <gordonkeen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 17:47:34 +0100
Thought this might be of interest:
http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/15/sign-language-translator-turns-gestures-into-spoken-letters/
Sign language translator turns gestures into spoken letters, makes for a better
world (video)
By far one of the greatest challenges of sign language has been to translate it
for everyday folk that wouldn't know where to begin a conversation with the
deaf. Cornell University engineering students Ranjay Krishna, Seonwoo Lee and
Si Ping Wang -- along with some help from Jonathan Lang -- used their final
project time this past semester to close this gap in one of the more practical
solutions we've seen to date. Their prototype glove uses accelerometers,
contact sensors and flex sensors to translate complex finger gestures from the
American Sign Language alphabet into spoken letters: after converting hand
positions to digital signals, the test unit both speaks out the resulting
letters and sends them to a computer, where they can be used for anything from
a game (shown in the video below) to, presumably, constructing whole sentences.
Along with being accurate, the Cornell work is even designed with a mind
towards how it would work in the real world, as the glove and its transmitter
are both wireless and powered by 9-volt batteries. We hope that the project
leads to a real product and an extra bridge between the deaf and the rest of
us, but in the meantime, we'll be happy that at least one form of powered glove
is being put to the noblest use possible.
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