It is a mobile application developed in Java, which can detect a hand in the given live video feed, check if the hand gestures correspond to a sign language alphabet and display the alphabet, if present. Moreover, it also appends the alphabets to form words and then convert them from text to speech.
- Hand Detection
- American Sign Language Alphabet Recognition
- Word forming from Sign Language
- Text to Speech of the formed words
To deploy this project, you need to have ANDROID STUDIO installed on your computer, or you can directly download the apk. The installation methods are listed below:
Method 1:
Step 1. In the Git repository, click on v1.0: initial commit, under the Realeases tab present on the right hand side of the repository
Step 2. Click on app-release.apk to download the apk file on your android device
Step 3. Install the apk file in your Android device and run.
You can View the screenshots below:
Method 2:
Step 1: Download the code zip file and extract it on your local machine
Step 2: Open the project in Android Studio.
Step 3: The code wil not run on the Virtual Emulator of Android Studio due to GPU access errors
Step 4: Plug in your Android phone via USB
Step 5: Enable Developer options on your device
Step 6: In Developer Options, enable USB debugging.
Step 7: Now click on the run button in your Android Studio to run the application on your phone
You can follow the steps below to enable developer options on your phone and enable USB debugging to run the application:
Now connect your android phone to your computer via USB and Open the project in Android Studio. You will see your device at the top, As shown in the image below:
Click on the 'run' icon to execute the project, you will get a pop-up "launch Succeeded"