SignAloud: Gloves that translate sign language to voice

[@jedsal]

i remember having this idea and presented to my college CHI / HCI course way back 2011-2012. Happy this has become a reality somehow.

[@Doopes]

So I was watching a reel on FB about some invention to help the blind see and I was like why hasn't someone invented gloves that "talk"for sign language?... And apparently u guys did years ago 😂.. So glad there are smart ppl out there who can actually make random ideas a reality 😊

[@micheala7304]

I really hope this invention wasn't just a project thrown into the bushes after a grade was received. This could really help people with disabilities so I hope there has been improvements made within the 6 years since this video came out.

[@robinfarrar3493]

I don’t remember this making the news, but it’s the type of thing that absolutely *should*.

[@cowboytanaka6161]

Guys filipino student copy your inventions. They dont give you guys credits.

[@bongflores236]

hindi rin sila una nyan .. isang Kenyan . may indian..marami na gumawa nyan.... pero kahit sino sa kanila walang nakakagawa gloves interpret Filipino Sign language... Filipino Students were the First do that by research.. A Filipino sign laquage converted into a voice...

[@allisongarrettbarber]

They can't, because they didn't Invent them. A 🇰🇪 name ROY ALLELA did at 25 years old.

[@deborahbarnes8377]

​@@allisongarrettbarberThats what i know to be true.

[@malakeys1913]

​@@allisongarrettbarber but this is 8 years ago?

[@jacobgames3412]

​@@allisongarrettbarberhe didn't. They did it before him

[@AremuJejeofdavillage]

Wow! 8 yrs ago?!

[@dondraraelopez7349]

This is amazing! What a fantastic innovation! I love assistive technology!

[@blueturtle3623]

...and the video isn't captioned

[@deoaditya2165]

Hey there i loved this project, can you tell me what total techstack have you used in this project

[@MisterYosh89]

Guys look on the internet this is almost 10 years old invention now If I remember it was told to be fake tho but it’s definitely not something that’s just pop off recently The video itself is almost 8 years old

[@amitrawat4147]

what are the updates on these gloves ?? Now with AI , it can do miracles for deaf people.

[@Edmundyu1995]

Wow that’s amazing! Did you guys develop it further hope the original makers are still working on it

[@paytonkesterson7672]

I like this but the person receiving the audio voice from the gloves how would they respond if they don’t know sign language

[@justanotherbotanist]

exactly

[@203maxwell]

It allows people who are mute, but not deaf, to communicate spoken word using ASL. They would be able to hear their responses and then respond in ASL. At the very least it allows people who are mute and hard-of-hearing to communicate their name and ask for help during emergencies.

[@corybungenstock3520]

Or if someone is deaf then they can at least sign out what they are saying if the people around them don't know sign language it would be tremendously helpful in their everyday life all around and anyone needing to respond could write out a response to said person without needing asl or figure out another form of communication.

[@jonniel9133]

Bro they are mute people that can actually hear

[@abduraffiabangon9733]

any update on this?

[@apexsap7293]

My innovative mind is 7 year late.

[@darrenjones9584]

I read a Kenyan engineer invented that glove not them

[@morakacalvinsekokotla2069]

Yes that's true,no credit to him

[@kriskrisstojanovic9914]

Is there any way that can translate to some other languages? I would really need that, but Im from different country and sing’s and afcors language is different?

[@lauracelis8004]

Those are nice but have you tested it with a Deaf person? Cause some of those signs were done incorrectly

[@nataliewoodley4190]

It looks like someone else also Invented the same gloves in a different country I sew a video that a another guy invented the same thing

[@hkizzle4869]

Black men from Nigeria Africa invented that glove first and now they're stealing it

[@venturebone4582]

Can I get full documentation

[@witsend177]

Amazing!!!!

[@karly-paigeim1908]

This wasn't even ASL though....what you were signing did not match with what was said and it's not even ASL! How about hearing people just learn ASL instead?

[@Gracee40]

hearing impaired people can speak to hearing people but very slowly if the demo is any indication. Great idea but needs to pick up signs faster.

[@RN-22]

And it’s only one way for conversation…

[@allisongarrettbarber]

LIARS. The original INVENTOR is KENYA: ROY ALLELA who was 25yr old at the time.

[@CeasarPlays]

dammit i thought this was not a thing i was planning to make like this as my thesis ghayss

[@Rosie-sy3qv]

Are these for sale

[@Atubea]

I wanna follow him! who knows his ins or Twitter

[@dustingoodpaster3715]

This is how you could communicate with aliens

[@gagankumarrv1111]

Bro can me send the code

[@jakeiflores]

finally this will be able to translate Rap God :D

[@deborahbarnes8377]

Didnt Roy invent these

[@blueturtle3623]

No nonono. This doesn't improve deaf people's quality of life.

[@usedbeans1936]

this could help mute people though

[@blueturtle3623]

@@usedbeans1936 Not really. There is no possible way for a computer to accurately interpret ASL into English. Most of ASL signs don't have direct translations, and I can't fathom a way a computer could recognize a classifier and the context it belongs to.

[@usedbeans1936]

@@blueturtle3623 ahhh ok i see. hopefully the creators can advance it to be able to fully translate it :p

[@blueturtle3623]

@@usedbeans1936 I wouldnt hold my breath, but it would be nice.

[@helpanimalseljadida1932]

Qui de chez le rire jaune 😂😂😂

[@danicameradlp]

Or you can just learn ASL... why go through all that work and expense when learning ASL is half the work and less the price (there's lot of ASL education out there for free). Idk maybe I'm just not picking something up as to how this can benefit as a whole but this seems kind of ableist.

[@lazyazn001]

well i'd assume if anyone is going to use the device they would have to go through learning ASL anyway. if not then how does the device translate the gestures...

[@danicameradlp]

@@lazyazn001 ...you know who's gonna wear the gloves right?? Please read my comment again and rethink what you just said.

[@antoniareed7052]

@@danicameradlp I agree with you that this seems ablelist. As a hard-of-hearing person with progressive hearing loss, the daughter of a profoundly deaf man, and has a sister who is in the same position as I am, I'm learning American Sign Language as a 50 year old. I'm assuming that the inventors were thinking that a Deaf person who didn't speak, could use these to translate to a hearing person. Writing on a white board suddenly looks cheaper and more consistent. As pointed out by Mitchell Perilla two weeks ago, there is so much more to ASL than just the hand positions. To use them, one would have to be robotic in signing for it to translate. I have to applaud the kids that engineered this, but had they chosen to consult with the Deaf community in their area, they would have seen that this is an unneeded product that would have to be used by the Deaf person in a deaf-on-hearing conversation, radically reducing their language to an almost different form. If a man was making a product for women, simply because he thought it was cool, he should consult with women if it was a product worth making and whether or not it fit any kind of need. Perhaps these kids should have done the same thing.

[@danicameradlp]

@@antoniareed7052 Right?!!! Also good on you for learning ASL!!! God blessed you with a wonderful family and I hope you all the best!!!!!

[@notthebees4961]

That only works if you only talk to close friends who already know asl and never talk to anyone new. Not sure how it's ableist to make gloves a deaf person can choose to buy to communicate with non asl speakers. in a situation where you need to tell someone something quickly, waiting for them to learn sign language isn't an option.

[@DineshThakur-ym1lx]

huhh i was sitting on the toilet and had the idea what if gloves could turn sign lang to voice ........ fucking slow brain