Translator of sign language into speech

Electrical engineers at Chongqing University in China and UCLA have created a means for translating American Sign Language into audible words.  “The device is a glove equipped with stretchable sensors and a wireless printed circuit board. The lightweight, Thin, stretchable sensors run the length of each finger. Low cost electrically conducting yarns forming the sensors detect and interpret finger and hand motions made to signify letters or words. Electrical signals from the sensors are transmitted to the wrist-worn circuit board, which in turn wirelessly transmits the signals to a smartphone app for translation into speech.”   MORE WITH VIDEO

Image Credit:  Jun Chen Lab/UCLA