US Researchers Develop Sophisticated Gloves, Can Translate Sign Language!
Saturday, July 4, 2020
UPDATimes - Researchers from the University of California (UCLA) have just succeeded in developing gloves that can translate sign language into written and spoken words only through an application on a smartphone alone.
It is known that these gloves are equipped with advanced technology that can be used to translate 660 signs of American Sign Language into words in real-time.
It is known that these gloves are equipped with advanced technology that can be used to translate 660 signs of American Sign Language into words in real-time.
"Our hope is this opens an easy way for people who use sign language to communicate directly with non-signers without requiring others to translate them," Chen was quoted as saying by Ubergizmo, Friday (07/03/2020).
In addition, Chen also hopes the gloves can help more people learn sign language on their own. The way gloves work is quite simple.
In addition, Chen also hopes the gloves can help more people learn sign language on their own. The way gloves work is quite simple.
The gloves will display sensors that extend along the fingers. Every time the finger moves, the sensor will try to detect what movement is made. Then translate the movements into English.
Although the technology on display is not new, UCLA claims, their designs are not as large as the others and are more comfortable. These gloves also only cost 50 US dollars for the material.
But, costs can be reduced again when mass produced. The gloves seemed to function quite well as a prototype, where they were able to interpret 60 signs of American sign language with an accuracy of almost 99 percent.
Although the technology on display is not new, UCLA claims, their designs are not as large as the others and are more comfortable. These gloves also only cost 50 US dollars for the material.
But, costs can be reduced again when mass produced. The gloves seemed to function quite well as a prototype, where they were able to interpret 60 signs of American sign language with an accuracy of almost 99 percent.
These gloves are known to have sensors that can capture the user's finger movements. Later there is a small circuit board that will give a signal to the smartphone.
Although this technology is not new, researchers from UCLA say that the gloves they make are more comfortable and have a simpler shape, just like ordinary gloves.
"Our hope is that the presence of these gloves can open a way for people to know and use sign language to communicate. We also hope this can help many people learn about sign language themselves," said assistant professor at UCLA, Jun Chen.
It is known that at this time UCLA still wants to continue to develop technology in these gloves so that later this device can be used by people with special needs to communicate more easily.
Although this technology is not new, researchers from UCLA say that the gloves they make are more comfortable and have a simpler shape, just like ordinary gloves.
"Our hope is that the presence of these gloves can open a way for people to know and use sign language to communicate. We also hope this can help many people learn about sign language themselves," said assistant professor at UCLA, Jun Chen.
It is known that at this time UCLA still wants to continue to develop technology in these gloves so that later this device can be used by people with special needs to communicate more easily.
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