IIT and AIIMS Jodhpur develop 'talking gloves' for the differently abled

Innovators from IIT Jodhpur and AIIMS Jodhpur have developed 'talking gloves' for people with speech impairments.

Innovators from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jodhpur and All India Institute Of Medical Science (AIIMS) Jodhpur have developed low-cost 'talking gloves' as a joint initiative. The gloves have been developed for people with speech disabilities.

The gloves use the principles of Artificial Intelligence(AI) and Machine Learning(MI) to automatically generate speech that will be language independent and facilitate the communication between people with speech disabilities and people without any speech disability. The device costs less than Rs 5000.