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Sensor-Heavy Gloves Translate Sign Language Users' Gestures Into
Text and Voice  1y ago   Could modern technology provide a huge
leap forward for sign language users who want to communicate
with the rest of us? A team of Ukrainian engineers have
developed something called EnableTalk—a set of gloves that
translates sign language into text and then spoken words with
flex sensors, touch sensors, and gyroscopes. For the millions of
users around the world, the relatively cheap $75 technology
could facilitate communication with those who don't use or
understand sign language. Better yet, EnableTalk has the ability
to learn new and altered gestures, allowing for regional
variations and dialect. Unveiled in Sydney, Australia this week
at Microsoft's Imagine Cup competition, the EnableTalk gloves
are probably a long way off from getting onto store shelves. But
when and if they do, we can't wait to teach them some new moves.
Let's just avoid giving a pair