Talk Online Using a Mobile Glove – Communication Via Touch
Blind and deaf people often find themselves at a disadvantage with other
communities. They often struggle to engage socially with the world and
further enhance their independence due to their differences in
communication. These people sometimes feel as though they are being
forced to live in an isolated world, but a recent development of a
particular glove might help them get out of this situation.
A device, called the Mobile Lorm Glove, has been developed in a Berlin
lab. A glove kitted out with fabric pressure-sensors that functions as a
communication and translation device for the deaf-blind. The prototype
translates the hand-touch alphabet “Lorm”, a common form of
communication used by people with both hearing and vision impairment in
German speaking countries, into text and vice versa.
BBC.com reports that textile pressure sensors located on the palm of the
glove enable the deafblind user to “lorm” on his or her own hand to
compose text messages. A Bluetooth connection transmits the data from
the glove to the user’s handheld device. It is then forwarded to the
receiver’s handheld device in the form of an SMS. If the wearer of the
Mobile Lorm Glove receives a text message, the message will be forwarded
via Bluetooth from his or her handheld device to the glove. Initiated by
small vibration motors located on the back of the glove, tactile
feedback patterns allow the wearer to perceive incoming messages.
Not only does the glove support mobile communication over distance, but
it also enables parallel one-to-many communication, which is especially
helpful in school and other learning contexts. With this newly developed
technology and interaction, it will soon become possible to also “feel”
e-Books or audiobooks. This glove allows deaf-blind to communicate with
the speaking and hearing world without them needing to learn “Lorm” and
translates their messages automatically.
For most of us, communication in the digital world is a daily occurrence
that we don’t pay much mind to, but for some marginalized groups these
connections are limited. With new technology being developed each and
every day, these walls will be taken down and open a new door of digital
revolution.
I-hls.com
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