"Smart translator's glove": the invention that transforms into audio the gestures made with the hands

February 13, 2019

The device was created by the uncle of a deaf girl because his family did not know sign language.

Roy Allela, 25, was responsible for facilitating communication between his niece and the rest of his family from his new invention.

Fan of technology, the young native of Kenya, bademble an intelligent glove that manages to convert the hand movements from sign language to audio.

"Sing-IO" is the name given to the system with flexible sensors on each finger that can interpret the degree of folding of each to treat the letter that causes the person. Connected with an application on the mobile phone, via Bluetooth, the system converts words and reads them into speaker.

"My niece puts on her gloves, connects them to her phone or to me, starts signing and I understand what she's saying"revealed Allela, who also added: "The general public Kenya he does not understand sign language, so when he leaves, he still needs a translator ".

On the other hand, the inventor explained that the girl read the lips very well and that she therefore had no problem understanding what people were saying to her.

Users who want to use the app can choose their language, gender and even the speed at which they speak, to achieve an accuracy of 93%.

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In addition people can even choose the design of the device, for example, there are options for princesses and "Spiderman"because, according to the young man, if the tool is "Canchera" the little ones will want to use it all the time.

The American Association of Mechanical Engineers awarded him a prize Roy Allela, who said that with the money obtained, he will invest to improve its creation in order to make it more efficient and that more people will be able to use it.