Mexican Students Develop a Translator Glove Beta Wired
go to original November 17, 2014

Manuel Alejandro Cervantes Jimenez, in his ninth semester of Mechatronic Engineering of college in Guadalajara (Mexico) states he wants to transform an audio device that translates the sign language alphabet, which he has called the Glove Translator.

Students seeking this device evolve into something more functional than a single glove but two, one for each hand. “Let’s try it with a disabled person to really know if what you have is what you need adaptable people with hearing impairment and speech,” said Daniel, who adds that a person with this disability and saw the glove and liked it, but now need to prove that person to identify areas of opportunity.

A group of students led by Manuel Alejandro Cervantes Jimenez began developing mechatronics glove as part of their class “Advanced Microcontroller” for an entire semester from January to May 2014. His instructor Sinsel Martin, Department of Electronics, invited them to apply what they learned in class and make it socially impacting to others.

Students of the subject approached the Multiple Assistance Center (MAC) to identify the needs of its population and hence the translator glove Sign Language Alphabet to Audio was generated.

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