A Review Paper on Smart Glove - Converts Gestures into Speech and Text

Abstract

Generally people with hearing problem and speech disability use sign language based on hand gestures with specific motion to represent the language, they are communicating. Smart glove is an electronic device that translates sign language into text or speech in order to make the communication feasible between the mute communities with the general public. This glove translates the sign language gestures according to the American Sign Language Standard. This glove has been implemented with the help of flex sensors, accelerometer, microcontroller (Arduino Leonardo) and the Bluetooth chip. It Is a wireless data glove which is normal cloth driving glove fitted with flex sensors along the length of each finger.