Sign to Speech Converter Gloves for Deaf and Dumb People

ABSTRACT Communication is a process which is vigorous, endless and irreversible but at the same time, it is reciprocal in nature. It is an unending process. Communication helps us to understand others, the incapability to communicate can lead to a lot of problems both personally and professionally. Most of the population don't comprehend gestures based communication. The thought planned in this paper is a keen glove which can alter over communication via gestures. The glove is embedded with flex sensors to recognize the hand movements. The prototype was tested for its possibility in converting Indian sign languages to voice output. Though the glove is proposed for sign language to speech conversion, but it is handy glove and finds its applications in gaming, robotics and medical field. Keywords: flex sensors, gloves, sign language.