HandTalk glove speaks your hand gestures... we can see where this is headed
By Paul Miller 
posted May 12th 2008 9:52AM
posted May 12th 2008 9:52AM
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posted May 12th 2008 9:52AM
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I love the HandTalk glove. It's so bad.
It would be fun if we use it on Michael Jackson videos and see how it interpret his glitter gloves.
"Me Like Spank Monkey"
Or if Hitler had one when he gave his speeches and it said "I'm having a wonderful day today. Isn't it a nice day?"
Could be useful for people with speech disabilities... Paul Miller needs a pound of common sense :)
people with speech disabilities cant text others?
This is so 1995 and the movie Congo all over again.
Amy... talk...
haha nice, they'll probably have a press conference soon
Ugly gorilla.
Go away.
Great, now I'm gonna get the finger even on the phone.
Maybe now I can get that french accent I always wanted
look hes saying, "I am a dork".
that picture look like he said "Idiot"
I know sign language that well.
get it to vocalise sign language & i'm this will be really amazing..
Did you just type that with the HandTalk glove?
I love the power glove
32 words lol
Get another glove and you can have a conversation with yourself. The perfect gift for that loved one with multiple personality disorder.
This would be great as a translator for non-sign language speakers. That way we can carry out conversations without any language barriers.
Except if the person signing is deaf the conversation would be one way...
@ Joe P
It's true. however most of deaf people can read your lips. This is something really important. Great job for the people who worked on this!
"eat up martha...."
Nice Apple Newton / Simpsons reference!
I'm always a fan of giving a voice to the voiceless.
http://impatientsufferance.com/2008/05/12/a-voice-for-the-voiceless-248/
chocolate raiiin
Beat Me to it!
When I flip my middle finger at bad drivers, they might hear what I'm trying to tell them?
This could be a very cool accessibility add-on for http://www.digitalchalk.com
Too bad this was pretty much already invented by a 17 year old back in 2001! The high school kid won the Intel Young Scientist Scholarship at the 2001 Intel International Science & Engineering Fair.
"The Sign Translator, Ryan Randall Patterson, 17, Central High School, Grand Junction, Colorado
Ryan Patterson was nicknamed the "glove boy" because of his demonstration of using his glove project to translate the hand motions of a deaf into alphanumeric characters on a PC screen. The glove had sensors built-in to sense the hand muscle/tendon movements and transmit wireless to a PC. Whenver he encountered an obstacle like learning assembly or C, he would buy a book and jump into it. "
From:
http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/k-12/isef_2001_eval.html and
http://www.societyforscience.org/ISEF/results/grnd2001.asp
Looks like Ryan was missing out on the cell phone display and the text to speech part- but it's basically the same thing. Sign language into a glove turns into text for people that don't know sign language... I'm surprised it took 7 years to make the small leap to add the speech functionality....
The added value is that you can install it in your phone! it's not re-inventing the wheel, but giving an existing application, a practical installation...
Forget the Power Glove. Try Hulk Hands instead.
HandTalk looks awesome!
Great job Carnegie Mellon students, keep it up!
"Talk to the hand" jokes, anyone?!?!
no
A whole new meaning to "No glove, no love"?
These comments were hilarious! Keep 'em coming guys! :P
In India, that sign, extended little finger, usually means: "I need to pee".
As someone who knows sign language and is hearing impaired, any technology that aids the deaf community, which is roughly 1 out of 1000 people in the U.S. is a great thing.
Now if we can just get Netflex and all the major websites (MSN, Yahoo, YouTube) to adhere to the Disabilities Act in providing the technology for close captions/subtitles on their videos. The technology is there, its just matter of providing it.
Wouldn't it be easier for the speech-impaired person to just carry a phone around and text other people? Or am I missing something here?
Would you pay for a phone service you can't use except for translation?