Samsung Creates Smart Gloves That Turn Sign Language Into Spoken Words
(Samsung Develops Smart Gloves for Sign Language Translation)
Samsung has made a new kind of smart glove. These gloves can understand sign language. They can change sign language into spoken words. This is important news for people who cannot hear. It helps them talk to others more easily. Samsung Electronics announced this project today. The gloves are still being tested. They are not for sale yet.
Many deaf people use sign language. Hearing people often do not understand it. This makes talking hard. Samsung wants to fix this problem. Their smart gloves use special technology. Sensors inside the gloves feel hand and finger movements. These movements are signs in sign language. The gloves know what each movement means. Then the gloves send the information to a phone app. The app uses artificial intelligence. The AI turns the sign language into words. The phone speaks these words out loud.
This lets a deaf person sign. The gloves understand the signing. The phone then says the words. Hearing people can hear what the deaf person is saying. This happens almost right away. There is very little delay. The gloves also work the other way. The hearing person can speak into the phone. The app turns the spoken words into text. The deaf person can read this text. Or the text might turn back into simple signs shown on a screen. This helps both people understand each other.
Samsung worked with experts on this. They worked with people from the Gallaudet University in the United States. Gallaudet is a famous school for deaf students. The experts helped Samsung make the gloves work well with real sign language. The technology learns different signing styles. This makes it more accurate.
(Samsung Develops Smart Gloves for Sign Language Translation)
The goal is simple. Samsung wants to break down communication walls. They hope these gloves will help deaf people in daily life. It could help at work, school, or just talking to friends. Right now, Samsung has built prototypes. They are testing the gloves to make them better.