An estimated half a million Americans with hearing impairments use American Sign Language (ASL) every day. But ASL has one shortcoming: While it allows people who are deaf to communicate with one ...

WASHINGTON — An electronic glove that can turn American Sign Language gestures into spoken words or text, designed to help the deaf communicate more easily with the hearing world, is under development ...

Researchers at UCLA have developed an inexpensive, high-tech glove that can translate sign language into written and spoken words on a smartphone (via Fast Company). The system works in real time and ...

It sounds futuristic—a pair of gloves that translates sign language into speech—but such an invention is indeed a reality. A young engineer from Kenya, Roy Allela, created Sign-IO, gloves that allow ...

Over the years, we've seen a number of experimental "smart" gloves that convert their deaf wearer's hand gestures into text and/or audible speech. The aptly named Sign Language Translation Glove, ...

Currently the subject of a Kickstarter campaign, the Sign Language Translation Glove is exactly what its name suggests — a glove that can translate sign language. Developed by Wulala Technology ...

Everyone wants to learn a foreign language. And while there are hundreds of devices and apps that can make your bilingual dream a reality, sign language remains a difficult task to tackle. But with ...

(CNN) -- Scientists have developed a glove that translates sign language into speech in real-time. The goal is to let deaf people communicate directly with anyone, without needing a translator. The ...