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: 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.