Smart Glove with Mobile Application to Detect Static Arabic Hijaiyah Hand Code for Quran Recitation

The use of assistive technology in the field of education is now a common practice in today’s tech-driven era. The implementation is quite rampant in all levels and sections of education, including by special needs students with hearing impairments. With the help of technology or Internet of Things (IoT), they are offered with better opportunities to improve their communication and the teaching and learning process especially when it comes to sign language. However, the situation is quite different for Muslim deaf individuals. Sign language is not only used for communication but also as a form for reciting the Quran. Yet, the utilization of technology in the area of sign language for Quranic recitation is still limited. Hence, the goal of this study was to design and develop a sensor-based sign language recognition device consisting of a sensory smart glove and mobile application to detect Arabic sign language alphabets used in Quran recitation. The experimental result shows that the gesture recognition rate of 28 different Arabic alphabet signs, performed by 7 different signers, is 79.08%. The significance of the system lies in its mobility and capability to recognize the hand gestures regardless of the background noise.