"One day we hope to give a voice to those who can't speak," says Hadeel Ayoub. Except she doesn't say it with her mouth, she signs it with her hands. Just a few seconds later, a computerized voice ...

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 ...

Think that assistive technology for the deaf and hard of hearing community is all about your run-of-the-mill hearing aids here in 2018? Think again! From signing robot arms to mind-reading hearing ...

More than hearing about new social networks or watches that can communicate with your smartphone, we love hearing about new technology that can actually make a world of difference in the lives of the ...

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, ...

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Driven by love for his niece and knowledge of the struggles people who are deaf have when trying to communicate, Roy Allela came up with gloves that can turn sign language into audible speech. This ...

Driven by love for his niece and knowledge of the struggles people who are deaf have when trying to communicate, Roy Allela came up with gloves that can turn sign language into audible speech. This ...