Localising Manufacturing for More Affordable Assistive Devices for Sign Language Users and Non-verbal Individuals

本地化制造，为手语用户和非语言个体提供更实惠的辅助设备

• 批准号: 10058512
• 金额: $ 6.37万
• 依托单位: BRIGHTSIGN TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Grant for R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10058512
• 关键词: Localising; Manufacturing; More; Affordable; Assistive

Our research focuses on developing assistive technologies to contribute to the healthcare innovation industry. We work closely with special educational needs schools in the UK to develop communication technologies to help their students overcome every day challenges. The latest of which is a sensor-based data glove that can be used as a communication aid, all the features were developed based on a group of non-verbal students and their needs. The end result was a smart glove that uses advanced machine learning software, programmed to translate custom hand gestures to text and speech, in personalised voices and in any language.Observing a clear gap in the market and a high need for such technology, BrightSign was founded in 2017, a wearable technology start-up developing innovations that enable communication for individuals with non-verbal disabilities. The company has since been actively engaged with schools, to implement the technology and enable the inclusion of Deaf and children diagnosed with Autism and/or are on the spectrum. We also collaborate, on an ongoing bases, with speech clinics to provide communication means to the ageing population who cannot speak due to losing their hearing overtime or an onset of illness, and require custom gesture recognition.BrightSign gained recognition by IBM, MIT and AXA as a pioneering innovation in social care, digital healthcare and community impact. Our first product is BrightSign Glove, a smart glove wired with wearable sensors to recognise and translate custom hand gestures into speech in 40 languages. This can include but not limited to Sign Language which can be spoken out in more than 280 voices, so every user can use the voice that best matches their language, accent and gender .This project is dedicated to bringing the manufacturing of the core hardware technology behind the BrightSign glove into the UK, that being the wearable stretch sensors. This will serve to increase the quality and accuracy of the glove, reduce the cost, and allow us to expand into other countries. It will also make this technology accessible to a wider range of the non-verbal population, estimated at 230 million around the world, who needs it to experience greater independence in everyday communication and to be included at school, work or for socialising, positively impacting their quality of life.

我们的研究重点是开发辅助技术，为医疗保健创新行业做出贡献。我们与英国的特殊教育需求学校紧密合作，以开发沟通技术，以帮助他们的学生克服每天的挑战。其中最新是一个基于传感器的数据手套，可以用作通信辅助工具，所有功能都是根据一组非语言学生及其需求开发的。最终结果是使用高级机器学习软件的智能手套，该软件是通过编程，以将自定义的手势转换为文本和语音，用个性化的声音和任何语言。要在市场上明确的差距以及对此类技术的高需求，BrightSign成立于2017年，成立于2017年，可穿戴技术启动，开发为非语言不属于非语言的人提供通信的创新。此后，该公司一直积极与学校互动，以实施该技术，并使聋人和被诊断为自闭症和/或处于频谱中的儿童。我们还在持续的基础上与语音诊所合作，为老年人提供沟通手段，这些人口因失去听力的加班或疾病而无法讲话，并且需要定制手势识别。我们的第一个产品是Brightsign Glove，它是一种带有可穿戴传感器的智能手套，可识别并将定制的手势转化为40种语言的语音。这可以包括但不限于手语，可以用超过280个声音说出来，因此每个用户都可以使用最适合其语言，口音和性别的配音。该项目致力于将Brightsign手套后面的核心硬件技术的制造带入英国，并成为可穿戴的拉伸传感器。这将有助于提高手套的质量和准确性，降低成本，并使我们能够扩展到其他国家。它还将使这项技术可用于更广泛的非语言人群，估计全球有2.3亿，他们需要它在日常沟通中经历更大的独立性，并在学校，工作或社会化，积极影响其生活质量。