Black Engineer Invents Gloves That Turn Sign Language into Audible Speech
Roy Allela, a 25-year old engineer and inventor from Kenya, has found the ultimate solution to bridging the communication barrier between deaf and hearing people. He has invented the Sign-IO gloves that can translate signed hand movements to audible speech so deaf people can "talk" even to those who don't understand sign language.
The Guardian.
The young inventor, who also works for Intel and teaches data science at Oxford University, first launched the gloves at a special needs school in rural Migori county, south-west Kenya. He aims for it to be available in every school for special needs children to assist as many deaf or hearing-impaired children as possible.
The Sign-IO gloves are currently still in the prototype phase of development but it has already received awards and prize money which helped him further improve the invention. It has been the 2018 grand winner of the "Hardware Trailblazer Award" from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) global finals in New York and a second runner-up at the Royal Academy of Engineering Leaders in Innovation Fellowship in London.
Once it has been made available in the public market, Sign-IO gloves will be one of the many sensor-based devices that are "expected to generate revenue of around $30 billion by end of 2024," according to Global NewsWire.
To know more about Roy Allela, visit www.royallela.com
Black Engineer Invents Gloves That Turn Sign Language into Audible Speech
Roy Allela, a 25-year old engineer and inventor from Kenya, has found the ultimate solution to bridging the communication barrier between deaf and hearing people. He has invented the Sign-IO gloves that can translate signed hand movements to audible speech so deaf people can "talk" even to those who don't understand sign language.
The Guardian.
The young inventor, who also works for Intel and teaches data science at Oxford University, first launched the gloves at a special needs school in rural Migori county, south-west Kenya. He aims for it to be available in every school for special needs children to assist as many deaf or hearing-impaired children as possible.
The Sign-IO gloves are currently still in the prototype phase of development but it has already received awards and prize money which helped him further improve the invention. It has been the 2018 grand winner of the "Hardware Trailblazer Award" from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) global finals in New York and a second runner-up at the Royal Academy of Engineering Leaders in Innovation Fellowship in London.
Once it has been made available in the public market, Sign-IO gloves will be one of the many sensor-based devices that are "expected to generate revenue of around $30 billion by end of 2024," according to Global NewsWire.
To know more about Roy Allela, visit www.royallela.com
Black Engineer Invents Gloves That Turn Sign Language into Audible Speech
That's amazing! It could be one of the biggest scientific breakthroughs in recent memory. 
