Kinect Sign Language Translator expands communication possibilities for the deaf

Worldwide, an estimated 360 million people are deaf or hard of hearing. Because the majority of hearing individuals do not understand sign language, people who are deaf often have difficulties interacting with the hearing. While other methods exist, researchers hope to make translation even easier with a cost-effective, efficient prototype that translates sign language into spoken language—and spoken language into sign language—in real time.

Link: http://phys.org/news/2013-11-kinect-language-possibilities-deaf.html