Over 30 million speech impaired people around the globe relies on sign language.
Over 30 million speech impaired people around the globe relies on sign language as a means of communication. But sign language isn’t understood by most of the people on the planet, which creates a communication barrier for the people with speech impairment.
Roy Allela, a 25-year-old Kenyan man has invented smart gloves that can convert hand gestures of sign language into audio speech. This innovation could change the lives of hearing-impaired people across the world.
Dubbed Sign-IO, the gloves have sensors stitched to each finger. The sensors interpret the word being signed from the bend of the finger.
Allela said challenges faced by his deaf niece inspired him to create the gloves. He also said that the speed at which the signs are vocalized is one of the most important aspects of the smart gloves.
Source: Wearable-technologies.com