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jd1984
· 5 years ago
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That is amazing.
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i_k_k_e
· 5 years ago
Audio speech for a deaf niece?
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abhinnav
· 5 years ago
Jinx. Exactly my thought!
paleprincess
· 5 years ago
So that she can sign and people who aren’t deaf and don’t sign can understand her.
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unicycle
· 5 years ago
The idea has been around since the 1980s and these aren't the magic solution you might think they are. First off the gloves can generally only translate fingerspelling, which is a clunky and infrequently used part of signing. Secondly, they can't track facial expressions or body movements, which often contribute meaning to a sign. Third, what sign language do they "translate"? ASL, BSL, one of maybe 300 others around the world? They're all different. Lastly, and most importantly, the burden shouldn't be on deaf people to accommodate the hearing world - it should be the other way around.
jd1984
· 5 years ago
You will never get the majority to accommodate the minority like that unfortunately. While these gloves, as they are right now, do little to help anyone; it is a good start to something that could improve lives greatly.
