ASL

Wearable technology from UCLA researchers offers a compact and wireless glove that translates sign language into audio speech

Wearables

UCLA team demonstrates a wireless sign language translation glove

We've covered a number of motion-tracking gloves designed to translate sign language into audible speech, and a team of bioengineers at UCLA has just come out with another design that's more compact and lightweight than any we've seen previously.

FingerPing currently recognizes 22 different hand gestures

Wearables

Wearable tech pings your fingers to recognize hand gestures

We've already heard about gloves and cameras that could be used to translate hand gestures (such as American Sign Language) into text or spoken words. What might be simpler, though, is a system consisting of just a ring and a wristband – which has been created.

Josiah Cheslik, a UW junior and volunteer in the MobileASL field study, demonstrates using the phone to sign with Pete Michor, seen in the background, another participant in the study (Image: Mary Levin, UW)

Mobile Technology

Sign language communication over low bandwidth mobile phone networks

University of Washington (UW) engineers are developing the first device able to transmit American Sign Language (ASL) over U.S. cellular networks.

Good Thinking

Interpreting sign language is just the beginning for the AcceleGlove open source dataglove

After years in the making, the Acceleglove is finally here and available for sale.