Communication Made Easier

Sign language, as most probably know is used usually by hearing impaired people but there are some disabilities that also required the use of sign language to communicate. This sign language, although is widely seen, is not used by normal people, which causing them a hard time to communicate with these special people. But thanks to Luise Pescheck, a design student in University of Applied Sciences Schwäbisch Gmünd, communicating with sign language is no longer a dream.

The basic of sign language. 

Pescheck, with the desire to translate gesture into acoustic, created a muscle movement detector where it is used to detect the arm movement of a sign language user. Then, the iPhone application will translate these gestures where ultimately produce acoustic sound so that the normal people can understand them. A written text on a projected screen can also be used to enhance the process of understanding the language. 

The first picture shows the projected screen for written text
The second shows the arm muscle movement detector.

In his idea, what makes it almost impossible is the projected screen, which is beyond our knowledge today, but may be possible in the future. But personally, i think if you can convert the sign into sound, that is great enough. Plus, if you kind of write the text onto a screen, its better to read the text typed directly, without the sign language. But anyway, it is still a great idea and i do hope with it, the realm of communication will loss its boundaries and make us possible to communicate with everyone, everywhere. 

You can watch the video of this concept here. 

Source: http://gajitz.com/no-empty-gesture-ingenious-sign-language-translator/