Smart gloves are being developed to enable people with speaking disabilities to communicate through sign language converted to text displayed on an LCD screen, aiming to provide an affordable alternative to sign language interpreters. The gloves would use flex sensors on the fingers and an accelerometer to detect signs, with an Arduino board processing the sensor data and driving the LCD display. A prototype has been created with the correct components to demonstrate the cost-effective solution.

1. SMART GLOVES
ENABLING PEOPLE WITH SPEAKING DISABILITIES TO COMMUNICATE
WITH EASE.

2. MOTIVATION
• Approximately 7.5 million people in the United States have
trouble using their voices.
• The prevalence of speech sound disorder in young children is 8
to 9 percent.
• It is estimated that more than 3 million Americans stutter.

3. OBJECTIVE
• Developing a cost effective wearable technology that converts
sign language used by people with speaking disabilities to
communicate with ease.
• To cut short the overhead of having a third person sign
language interpreter/translator.

4. BLOCK DIAGRAM

5. COMPONENTS

6. ARDUINO UNO BOARD

7. FLEX SENSORS

8. ACCELEROMETER

9. LCD (16X2)

10. CONCLUSION
• The prototype is a cost effective solution for the identified
problem.
• We have correctly identified the sensors and components
required to build the prototype.

11. REFERENCES
• Stats -
http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/statistics/pages/vsl.aspx
• Flex Sensors - http://www.sparkfun.com/tutorials/270
• Accelerometer - https://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/ADXL3xx