Over the years, we've seen a number of experimental "smart" gloves that convert their deaf wearer's hand gestures into text and/or audible speech. The aptly named Sign Language Translation Glove, ...

Helen Keller once wrote "blindness separates people from things, deafness separates people from people," and there are many technological projects dedicated to breaking down those interpersonal ...

Fish scales hardly seem like a likely ingredient for a digital translator. But after researchers treated discarded scales with acid, heated them to 450°C, ground them into powder and embedded the ...

Afterwork phone calls or Zoom hangouts with family and friends -- or even your therapist -- have become a crucial part of how we stay connected and sane during the Covid-19 pandemic. But for 30 ...

Researchers at the University of Isfahan have unveiled a wearable glove system and an ultra-compact transformer that ...

California researchers developed a glove embedded with electronic sensors that can translate American Sign Language into English in real time through an app on your smartphone. Like most wearable ...

Sign language is a language that uses the position and motion of the hands in place of sounds made by the vocal tract. If one could readily capture those hand positions and movements, one could ...

Researchers at UCLA have developed an inexpensive, high-tech glove that can translate sign language into written and spoken words on a smartphone (via Fast Company). The system works in real time and ...

Two undergraduate students at the University of Washington have created a pair of smart gloves that can translate American Sign Language (ASL) automatically into text or speech. Designed to help ...

Bioengineers have designed a glove-like device that can translate American Sign Language into English speech in real time though a smartphone app. The system includes a pair of gloves with thin, ...

UCLA researchers have now reportedly developed a new tech-driven glove that not only works for translating American Sign Language. It’s also inexpensive and accurate enough to be feasible for ...