S2LV — A sign to letter and voice converter

This paper describes a sign to letter and voice converter (S2LV). The S2LV aims at eliminating the barriers in communications between people who have disabilities, and those who don´t. The S2LV is a smart talking glove which can be used by any deaf and/or mute person regardless of his/her age/gender. It is affordable, portable and light in weight. The S2LV is designed to detect the motions of the hand and translate the signs to letters and voice with a relatively high degree of accuracy (about 96%). It also interfaces with a smartphone application to generate a voice. In this way, the S2LV solution will be able to help blind people as well as those who are not able to read letters (analphabetic person). This system can help people with disabilities find jobs which require voice communications.