Ukraine team wins Imagine Cup with gloves that convert sign language to speech
Since beginning in 2003, the Microsoft Imagine Cup has tasked students the world over with developing technology aimed at solving real-world problems. In this, its 10th year, students were asked to build their project around a specific Millennium Development Goal (MDG), with the finals held this month in Sydney, Australia. The winners have just been announced and beating out teams from 75 countries to claim first place (and US$25,000) in the Software Design category was the Ukraine?s quadSquad with their EnableTalk gloves that translate sign language into speech in real time... Continue Reading Sign language-to-speech translating gloves take out Microsoft Imagine Cup 2012Section: Good ThinkingTags: Bluetooth, Competition, Gloves, Hearing Impaired, Microsoft, Speech, Translation Related Articles: New software translates users' speech, using their own voice Speech synthesizer allows users to form spoken words using hand gestures The AcceleGlove - Capturing Hand Gestures in Virtual Reality Interpreting sign lan
Ukraine team wins Imagine Cup with gloves that convert sign language to speech
(Phys.org) -- For about a decade, Microsoft has been running a competition called the Imagine Cup that rewards people for developing innovative ideas using Microsoft products. This year the ...
Wed 11 Jul 12 from Phys.org
Sign language-to-speech translating gloves take out Microsoft Imagine Cup 2012
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Ukrainian inventors create a 'super' glove that converts sign language into speech
EnableTalk is fitted with a complex network of sensors that recognise hand movements and translate signs - which are then converted into spoken word by a smartphone app.
Wed 11 Jul 12 from Daily Mail
EnableTalk gloves translate sign language to speech
For many deaf and mute people, sign language is the easiest way to communicate with others. However, relatively few people can understand sign language — not all deaf people even use it. ...
Tue 10 Jul 12 from Geek.com
Microsoft's Imagine Cup 2012 winners land $25,000 for sensory gloves
Microsoft's 10th annual Imagine Cup, a competition focusing on student technology innovations, ended today with a Ukrainian team taking the top place prize of $25,000. ...
Tue 10 Jul 12 from The Verge
Ukrainian Students Develop Gloves That Translate Sign Language Into Speech
There is no dearth of impressive student projects here at the finals of Microsoft's Imagine Cup in Sydney, but one of the six finalists that caught my attention was a project called EnableTalk ...
Mon 9 Jul 12 from TechCrunch
EnableTalk Turns Sign Language Into Speech, Wins Imagine Cup Prize
A trio of Ukrainian students built a $50 device that could help hundreds of millions of hearing-impaired people. More than 275 million hearing-impaired people are unable to use speech to communicate. ...
Tue 10 Jul 12 from Fastcompany Tech
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