Low-Cost Glove Device for Malaysian Sign Language Recognition

Muhammed Akthem

Abstract: Hearing and speech impaired people they faced difficulty in many subjects in their lives. In this study, a glove equipped with a flex sensor is developed to translate Malaysian sign language to text. The glove is designed to collect finger movement. The system is evaluated with 24 letters of Malaysian sign language. The recognition system provides very good accuracy reach up to 86.36 %. The sign language glove seems to be very useful to help communicate with deaf people. We believe that such a translator can be an effective milestone for those who wish to learn sign language.

Keywords: Sign language, Glove, Sensor, Flex sensor