Kenyan Roy Allela converted hand movements into 300 languages to improve communication for 70 million deaf people
A KENYAN inventor has made a smart glove in order to help deaf people communicate with others.
Allela, who is a data science tutor at Oxford University, told Bored Panda: “My niece wears the gloves, pairs them to her phone or mine, then starts signing, and I’m able to understand what she’s saying.The tech enthusiast believed this was a problem for people in the deaf community and how everyone who could hear communicated with them. movements into audio speech.
Smart glove-users can connect to Bluetooth through an app which converts the movements into letters, making communication methods easier for both communities. said that users can even select their native language and vocal pitch through the app.
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