Sign-language translator uses gesture-sensing technology

[KamaAina]

http://www.cnet.com/news/sign-language-translator-uses-gesture-sensing-technology/

There are numerous apps and tech tools on the market to translate foreign languages. But sign language is a different matter. There is a major communication gap between hearing-impaired people and those who can hear.

An all-deaf team of entrepreneurs from the Rochester Institute of Technology is hoping to bridge that gap with the MotionSavvy Uni, a tablet case embedded with Leap Motion's gesture-sensing technology.

When someone signs in front of the tablet, Uni's software detects the sign and checks it against the growing database of signs....

To enable true conversation between a deaf person and a hearing person, the software can transcribe spoken word into text so it can be easily read.

[Skittles]

1. this is excellent

when I lived in Austin near a school for deaf people I often had deaf neighbors and really tried to learn some of the more common greetings but felt frustrated I could not communicate more

[KamaAina]

2. Sorry.

[Skittles]

4. hey that was one I learned!

because of my penchant for running into people (literally) in a breezeway!

[deafskeptic]

5. Sounds cool.

I hope this will be more reliable than the speech to text technology on Youtube.

[Omaha Steve]

6. K&R!