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Design of low cost efficient sign language interpreter for speech and hearing impaired

Publication Type : Journal Article

Publisher : ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Source : ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, vol. 13, no. 10, pp. 3530-3538, 2018.

Campus : Chennai

School : School of Engineering

Center : Amrita Innovation & Research

Department : Electronics and Communication

Verified : Yes

Year : 2018

Abstract : The hearing and the speech impaired people generally communicate with others using sign language. The normal people are not familiar with the sign language and hence they find it difficult to understand. This paper aims at bridging the communication barrier between the speech and hearing impaired people, and the normal people. A set of five flex sensors are used which are fixed on a glove along the length of each finger. The hearing and the speech impaired people can use the gloves to perform hand gestures and it will be converted into speech so that normal people can understand what they are trying to convey. There are various signing conventions that are used around the world but all the conventions in common use gestures, orientations and movement of the hands or body and facial expressions to convey lithely a speaker’s thoughts. The processing of these hand gestures is done by using an Arduino Uno. The information to be displayed is sent either wirelessly using a Wi-Fi shield or using XBee technology and is displayed in a Smartphone app or a LCD display.

Cite this Research Publication : K. G. Shanthi, A. Manikandan, S. Seshavidhya, Venkatesh Perumal Pr Chandragiri, T. M. Sriram, and K. B. Yuvaraja, “Design of low cost efficient sign language interpreter for speech and hearing impaired”, ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, vol. 13, no. 10, pp. 3530-3538, 2018.

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