Talking Glove for Gesture Recognition with Flex Sensors

Deaf and dump people have difficulty communication with their surroundings, especially those who do not know sign language, which makes them relatively aloof from their communities. In addition, it is important for them to interact with others in order to live a normal life and gets jobs. This paper aims to design an embedded system using the Arduino board to get a readable text, and a voice that can be heard to help deaf and dumb people engage in society. The system consists of a talking glove consisting of five curvature sensors that sense the movement of the hand and fingers and an accelerometer, which was programmed by the Arduino Nano microcontroller, which translates the hand movements into text that appears on the LCD screen in English and also exits the corresponding sound in Arabic, as well as variable resistance to sound intensity control; This system has been applied to a number of people. As recommended, artificial intelligence should be used to enhance system efficiency and a PCB board should be used to make the system more organized. Keywords—Deaf and dumb, Sign Language, Arduino Nano, talking glove.