Special Gloves May Help People Who Are Deaf
An article from the Associated Press found in the August 23, 2002 issue of Government Technology News (http://www.govtech.net/news/) reports on an Australian scientist, Waleed Kadous, a University of New South Wales research fellow, who is developing a set of gloves capable of translating sign language, a move he hopes could ease communication for deaf and mute people.
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 percent accuracy.
Kadous 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. To access the full article:
http://www.govtech.net/news/news.phtml?docid=2002.08.23-3030000000019910
An article from the Associated Press found in the August 23, 2002 issue of Government Technology News (http://www.govtech.net/news/) reports on an Australian scientist, Waleed Kadous, a University of New South Wales research fellow, who is developing a set of gloves capable of translating sign language, a move he hopes could ease communication for deaf and mute people.
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 percent accuracy.
Kadous 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. To access the full article:
http://www.govtech.net/news/news.phtml?docid=2002.08.23-3030000000019910
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