nospam.bpc1@columbia.edu (Bruce P. Chadwick) writes:
> Hey, I don't know the details or if it is possible technically, but
> maybe you could use american sign language as a base for
> gestures. This would have a double effect of building on an existing
> standard and empowering deaf people by enlarging the audience of
> people who can communicate with them.
>From looking at it[2], it appears that ASL uses fingers, wrists and
arms, with lots of information encoded in their relative postion
w.r.t. the torso and facial features. A bit beyond what can be done
with just a pair of gloves.
"Finger spelling" OTOH, just uses finger positions on one hand[1],
which may be possible with a good glove. (The crossed fingered modes
might be tricky...)
[1] I'll have to go break out my old BSA handbook to be sure.
[2] Meaning, I don't know much about ASL, except what I have pieced
together from seeing it "spoken" at public events.
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