Marathi Sign Language Hand Gesture Recognition Using Accelerometer and 3D Printed Gloves

Due to the communication abilities impairment, deaf & dumb peoples are more or less isolated from mainstream societal activities. NGOs, social workers & Governments in India are putting efforts with multiple initiatives to increase the involvement of these peoples in the mainstream activities happening in the rest of world. This paper proposes to establish an alternative method to streamline the communications among normal & speech impaired persons by using smart hand glove system equipped with 3D accelerometer modules at the fingertips. The proposed system is delivering the measurement results in very proficient way. The experiments were carried out over 15 persons using the sign gestures, providing good co-relation between the Posed gestures versus system mapped gestures.