SMART GLOVES

Matt Lindner
EDU214
02/24/2020
What are Smart Gloves?

• An assistive technology device which allows the deaf

to talk with people who don’t know sign language.
• They are thin, Bluetooth enables gloves that can be
worn on their own or under another pair of gloves
How do they work?

Smart Gloves use sensors in the fingers and

thumb to translate the user's movements to a
smart device for further interpretation.
Uses for Smart Gloves?
• Virtual reality software that requires greater accuracy
• Engineers in the fields of robotics, the biomedical industry, and
augmented reality platforms
• Easy access to smart phone functions
• Can be used by the deaf to communicate via sign language to
people who don’t understand signing by converting it into speech.
• Can be used to help rehabilitate stroke patients
 Pros and Cons
• Allow the deaf to speak • Price can be very high
• Allow ease of access to • New technologies can have many
smartphone technology unknown flaws yet undiscovered
• Allow for a more hands-on • Training on use can be very limited
approach to engineering and gloves can be confusing at
projects and the medical first.
field as well.
EXAMPLES OF
VARIOUS STYLES OF
SMART GLOVES.
Videos showing
Smart Gloves in use
This Glove Translates Sign Language In
Real Time. CLICK HERE

Hands on with the smart gloves that translate

sign language to text. CLICK HERE
 SOURCES:

• "Roy Allela Invents Glove That Translates Sign Language to

Speech." AllAfrica.com [Washington] 2019: AllAfrica.com, Jan 7, 2019. Web.