The sign language translator uses a glove fitted with sensors that can interpret a few signs. The glove uses flex sensors, microprocessor and accelerometer (Movuino) in three dimensions to gather data on each finger’s position and the hand’s motion to differentiate the words. The translation is transmitted to the microcontroller, which displays as well as pronounces the words. The hardware components used in the Smart Glove are flex sensors, accelerometer, microprocessor, Wifi and PC. Accelerometer or tilt sensor is used to detect the twisting of the hand. 

Microprocessor receives the signal from the sensors of the glove, analyses and calculates the data from distinct gestures. It gathers processes and sends data to the control system. 

The microprocessor is programmed using the Arduino software.

3 iterative steps are important to install our solution :

1. Test the flexsensors part using glove + arduino (uno) + flex + serial + PC 
2. Test the IMU (accelerometer + gyroscope) part using movuino + serial + PC then with Wifi 
3. Test the display feature (smartphone) using android APK + wifi