INTRODUCTION TO

INNOVATIVE
PROJECTS
TECHNOLOGY TO HELP THE DIFFERENTLY-ABLED

FACULTY- DR. PUNITHAVELAN N

DONE BY
PALLAV KUMAR NAYAK-18BLC1014
SATADRU DAS- 18BEE1102
ROHAN BHOJWANI-18BEE1108
RAHUL PAL-18BEE1114
1.GLOVES FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB

INTRODUCTION
Around 5% of the Indian population has difficulty in speaking or cannot speak. So, sign
language is a method of non-verbal communication that is used by deaf and dumb people.
Normal people do not learn sign language. The problem arises here and this problem
becomes a barrier between them. The past implementation of this project involved using
image processing concept and accelerometer. But the drawback of these implementations
are projects were non portable and too expensive. In this research paper, we have
suggested a wearable glove for people who face difficulty in communicating verbally due to
various different reasons (be it deaf or dumb), so that with the possession of this device,
they can exhibit their basic requirements via their gestures and those gestures will be
converted to speech for the hearer to understand what is he or she trying to say.

GESTURE TO SPEECH
Gesture to Speech Conversion is a tool for converting gestures of the differently abled
people of the world to speech i.e. converting gestures input to speech output. Gesture to
Speech Conversion is a tool for converting gestures of the differently abled people of the
world to speech i.e. convert gestures input to speech output. Proposed system is portable
and focuses on two way communication. Main goal of the system is to convert hand
gestures to auditory speech for communication between mute and normal people.

EQUIPMENTS REQUIRED
1. Arduino board
2. Wired
3. Flex sensors
4. Speaker
5. Computer for coding
6. Suitable resistors
7. Gloves

FLEX SENSORS
There are 4 flex sensors that are used. Each flex sensor is connected to different pins of
Arduino UNO which is the controlling unit
Flex sensors are sensors that change in resistance depending on the amount of bend on the
sensor. They convert the change in bend to electrical resistance - the more the bend, the
more the resistance value. They are usually in the form of a thin strip from 1"-5" long that
vary in resistance from approximately 10 to 50 kilohms. They are often used in gloves to
sense finger movement. The resistance of the flex sensor changes when the metal pads are
on the outside of the bend (text on inside of bend)

HOW IT WORKS
The user wears a glove that has flex sensors on it. Now when the user wants to say
something, he/she makes gestures by bending the fingers. So, different combinations are
made with the bending of the flex sensors creating different resistance combinations for the
output pin of the Arduino to exhibit different entity. The flex sensor will give input to Arduino
with the bending of the fingers of the person resulting in the change of the angles of the flex
sensor hence changing the resistance will trigger the Arduino to give the relevant output as
per the code we have written i.e. which combination of resistances will give which entity as
my output. Further, when I will have the output, the speaker which is connected to the
module will give the speech signal as my output.
2.SENSOR STICK FOR THE BLIND

INTRODUCTION
Basically this is a stick which can assist people who suffer from blindness commute at a
relative ease than just a stick. It will have two ultrasonic sensors (one near the handle and
another neat the other end of the stick) which is connected to a Arduino microcontroller.
Whenever the person approaches an obstacle further than the reach of the stick it would
‘beep’ through a buzzer. The stick is also facilitated with a wheel at the bottom which would
guide the blind person to a region of no obstacle for assistance whenever possible, based on
the input from the sensor.

EQUIPMENTS REQUIRED
1. Arduino board
2. Wired
3. Ultrasonic sensors
4. Speaker
5. Computer for coding
6. Suitable resistors
7. Stick
8. Wheel
9. Motor for the wheel

WORKING
This works similar to obstacle avoiding robot but in this case we have just one wheel.