New Ring Device 'Reads' Sign Language Out Loud From: ABC News - 11/21/2013 By: Gillian Mahney Note: This is a design concept, not a functional device A new device will let people who communicate through sign language to translate their hand movements into spoken words. The Sign Language Ring created by six designers from Asia University won one of the coveted 2013 Red Dot Design Concept Awards, an international competition that received more than 15,500 applications. The device, which actually incorporates multiple rings and two bracelets, was inspired by Buddhist prayer beads. The rings "read" the hand movements of sign language and the bracelets then transmit or "speak" those words out loud. If another person responds verbally, the device can translate the voice to text that appears on the bracelet. Read the entire article at: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ring-device-reads-sign-language-loud/story?id=20963684 Sign Language Ring http://www.red-dot.sg/en/online-exhibition/concept/?code=1033&y=2013&c=16&a=0 Related: Deaf and Proud to Use Sign Language http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=2719254 Sign Language Interpreter Keeps Up with Phish, Wu-Tang Clan and Springsteen (withh video 0:53) http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2013/07/sign-language-interpreter-keeps-up-with-phish-wu-tang-clan-and-springsteen/