Sunday, November 18, 2012

Stroke victim 'talks' again with help of speaking glove

You speech therapist should already know about this.
Maybe they should have gone to the possessed hand or just repurposed this Mozart glove. I have totally come to the conclusion that no one in the stroke rehab world keeps track of previous research in order to improve it.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9685061/Stroke-victim-talks-again-with-help-of-speaking-glove.html
Bill Broad, 73, from Sheffield, suffered a stroke in 2010 leaving him unable to speak, forcing him to spell out words on an alphabet chart when trying to communicate with his daughter Keeley Bellamy.
But now the former miner and athletics coach is first to be testing a new technology that can translate hand gestures into speech.
Sensors fitted into a leather glove he wears on his left hand can detect his hand movements, converting them into a synthesised voice. It has allowed him to tell his family when he is hungry or thirsty, to ask the time and to say “thank you”.
The device has been developed by a group of engineers who recently graduated from the University of Sheffield.

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