Device for Alternate Wireless Input and Helping People with Disabilities to Rehabilitate back to Normal Social Communication

Abstract

Glove2Speech is a device whose mission is helping people with speech problems to rehabilitate to a normal life. Glove2Speech consists of 2 gloves, connected wireless to each other to provide maximum mobility. The device has a display on one of the gloves which informs user of current status and selected options. Glove2Speech provides up to 100 unique hot-keys combinations such as “please”, “thank you”, “can you help me?”, in order to save users time typing the most frequently used words. Each combination of fingers flexing is calculated according to the most frequently appearing letters in order to reach a maximum efficiency and speed in choosing letters. Words and phrases can be accompanied by a soundtrack, hearable by people around using incorporated speaker. The Glove2Speech can be easily connected to PC or other device using Bluetooth that gives possibility to use it as a wireless keyboard. Glove2Speech probably won't replace QWERTY keyboards for desktops or laptops, at least not anytime soon. For those types of devices, a full keyboard and regular mouse make perfect sense, and typical users won't see a benefit in a glove-based input device.