Signet: A Low-Cost Prosthetic Glove For Deaf And Mute Patients

Speech is the key to human existence. These are
not easily communicable in the speech-and-hearing-impaired
people. If you consider traditional alternatives like sign
language or even writing in a notepad, the other person also
has to be familiar with those forms of communication rather
than there being a real-time disconnect. In this paper, a low
cost touch-sensor-based assistive communication glove is
proposed, which differentiates between seven specific touches
across fingers and converts them into text messages displayed
on the LCD screen. The system incorporates capacitive touch
sensors, Arduino Nano microcontroller for computation, and
an LCD with an I2C module for display. The proposed design
is intended to provide a portable, low-cost, and user-friendly
solution improving the independence of the deaf and mute
society. Experimental results indicate that the proposed
system is efficient, easy, and ideal for routine daily
communication.