For years, engineers have tried to find ways to translate sign language into spoken words, and vice versa. Now, a new project may have cracked the code with a prototype device called MyVoice–a concept ...

New device translates sign language into spoken words. The Red Dot 2013 design award went to Asia University contestants who designed the Sign Language Ring, a set of rings and a bracelet that detects ...

In a unique collaboration between departments, students in the University of Houston’s engineering, technology, and industrial design programs worked together to develop the concept and prototype for ...

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 developed a smart glove that converts American Sign Language into spoken English. The glove uses stretchable sensors and a circuit board to wirelessly send signals to a ...

Ryan Patterson's award-winning sign language translator uses a leather golf glove with 10 sensors, a micro controller and a radiofrequency transmitter to translate hand signals into printed text.

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Guy Fierens, a Masters student at the University of Antwerp in Belgium, has created a very unique robotic hand which is capable of translating sign language. This innovative project, known as Aslan ...

Over the past several decades, researchers have regularly developed devices meant to translate American Sign Language (ASL) to English, with the hopes of easing communication between people who are ...

Humans use their fingers for some of their most delicate communication. Typing on a keyboard or phone, conversing through sign language, or performing on a guitar or piano require finely-tuned ...

Scientists develop first sign-language dictionary searchable by gesture. Jan. 12, 2008— -- Bilingual dictionaries are usually a two-way street: you can look up a word in English and find, say, ...

Whether traveling internationally or interacting with locals who don’t share your native language, language barriers can make simple tasks like ordering food or introducing yourself feel impossible.