Gesture to speech translation application.

Abstract

Deaf people make up a good portion of the world’s population and their involvement in community activities is highly required by society. The deaf need to feel like other normal people and this starts with working on how they communication with the normal hearing people. The major goal of the Hand Gesture to Speech Translation Application was to translate the hand gestures to speech. The Hand Gesture to Speech Translation Application, was developed using unity3D development environment and it helps the deaf communicate to the normal hearing people with no knowledge of sign langue, by translating the performed hand(s) gestures to English speech. The user is also able to visualize his hand(s) in real time as he or she is performing the gestures. The application was tested, verified and validated. Accuracy obtained was 70%.