Smart glove for Sign Language communications

Human beings have a natural ability to see, listen and interact with their external environment. Unfortunately, there are some people who are differently abled and do not have the ability to use their senses to the best extent possible. Such people depend on other means of communication like sign language. This presents a major roadblock for people in the deaf and dumb communities when they try to engage in interaction with others, especially in their educational, social and professional environments. Therefore, it is necessary to have an advance gesture recognition or sign language detection system to bridge this communication gap. Here an effort has been made to develop a smart glove using Intel Galileo Gen 2 IoT kit for real-time gesture recognition. The objective is to create a device which helps the hearing or speech impaired persons to communicate with others.