Mexico
City: Researchers at Mexico`s National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) have
developed a glove that
would translate text and sign languages to facilitate conversation between
speech- and hearing-impaired people and those not conversant with sign
language, the institute said in a statement.
The prototype, created by
Miguel Felix Mata and Helena Luna Garcia, senses hand movements of the user and
identifies them with the 26 letters of the international alphabet, Spanish news
agency Efe reported.
"Words and phrases are
transmitted by Bluetooth to a mobile device with a preloaded application that
displays and reads the signs," Luna said.
Once the message reaches
the device, it plays voice, so the application user can understand what his
differently-abled companion or acquaintance is trying to say.
Presently, the glove can
only read letters of the international alphabet but soon it will be able to
read the Mexican sign language too.
A new material in wearable
technology and a conductive thread made from steel -- thicker than conventional
cotton thread and that can be sewn with needle or a machine -- have been used
to detect if the fingers are open or closed.
The base of the glove hand
is sewn with polyester and nylon and include springs and sensors for strength
and to maintain the structure of the hand.
The application, available
on the Android platform as Glove Translator, is free but needs the glove to
work, the prototype for which is awaiting patent and manufacturing, said IPN.
Source | http://zeenews.india.com
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