Fed: Talking gloves could revolutionise sign language
Communication for Australia's deaf community could be revolutionised with a set oftalking gloves.
Gloves that can translate sign language into English are currently being developedat the University of New South Wales.
A signer wears gloves that are connected to a computer that's programmed to tell thesigns apart and can translate the signs into written words on a monitor.
At a recent trial using a deaf student, the computer was able to translate with 95per cent accuracy when researchers compared the computer's definitions with the dictionaryfor Auslan -- the Australian sign language.
Each glove worn by the signer has 20 ways of measuring the movement in their hand andthe information is translated to the computer via two wires.
The development is the result of a PhD study by WALEED KADOUS.
He says the ultimate aim is to create a device completely enclosed in the gloves wherethe signer can wear a transmitter that speaks the words as they sign.
But he says it's still far from being completed.
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KEYWORD: GLOVES (BRISBANE)
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