legacy@ieighty.net wrote: > > In article <6mmhad$ke$1@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu>, > nospam.bpc1@columbia.edu (Bruce P. Chadwick) wrote: > <<snip>> > > 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. > > BLOODY HELL! Thats it! That is one kick-arse idea! We may actually produce > something out of the NG after all! > Did a quick web search, and someone has already wrote an application to read Sign language gestures using the Powerglove. http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~waleed/thesis.html Also, there are several efforts with various glove interfaces to read ASL and other sign-languages: http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~waleed/gsl-rec/index.html Most of the discusison seems to be on the sci.virtual-worlds newsgroup. I think this might be a nice approach to a text input device with the right drivers. I'm gonna keep working on my key-glove for a while (since I don't have $150 dollars to spend on another gadget for my wearable). -Paul -- R. Paul McCarty / DARS Coordinator / rpmc@troi.cc.rochester.edu / x52059 317 Lattimore Hall, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627 Computers don't make errors; what they do, they do on purpose.-Dale/KOTH
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