BrightSignGlove [Tumblr warning: script heavy and next to zero text] is a student project which recognises sign language and converts it into text. Users familiar with sign language [American Sign Language?] are able to capture large quantities of text and optionally output text to a large format display or a short message system - many of which are popular with deaf users. Custom gestures can be used to manage messages and it is conceivable that gestures could be used with home automation. This would be of particular benefit to users with mobility problems.
[Ed. Note: An older text article with a description of the glove and what it does. Seems very useful.]
(Score: 2) by PinkyGigglebrain on Wednesday April 26 2017, @03:54PM (3 children)
I remember seeing something like this back in the mid to late 1990's, I think it was on "Beyond 2000" or some other tech show of the time. And then hearing about someone else in the mid 2000's developing the same tech again.
Be great if one of these developers could actually get these devices into production, it would really help people who can only communicate with sign language to be more independent and participate in society.
"Beware those who would deny you Knowledge, For in their hearts they dream themselves your Master."
(Score: 2) by Scruffy Beard 2 on Wednesday April 26 2017, @04:22PM
My mind was blown about 20 years ago seeing a similar Science Fair project (I was young at the time).
That one was not terribly reliable: essentially switches glued to a glove. Computer (Apple II) decoded hand positions.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 27 2017, @12:20AM (1 child)
(Score: 1) by Scruffy Beard 2 on Thursday April 27 2017, @01:37AM
No, it was not IIRC.
It was added to the Hollywood version so that the audience would know what the Gorilla was saying. In the book, the gorilla's handler understood sign language, so a fragile computer was not needed to translate.